Nella
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,374since 1880
Nella over time
Rank among girls' names. Nella has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 |
| 2024 | #2,775 | 61 |
| 2023 | #2,789 | 61 |
| 2022 | #2,295 | 81 |
| 2021 | #2,460 | 72 |
| 2020 | #2,580 | 66 |
| 2019 | #2,400 | 74 |
| 2018 | #2,275 | 80 |
| 2017 | #2,401 | 75 |
| 2016 | #2,902 | 58 |
| 2015 | #2,890 | 60 |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 |
| 2013 | #3,166 | 51 |
| 2012 | #2,935 | 58 |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 |
| 2009 | #3,409 | 48 |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,738 | 33 |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,437 | 41 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 |
| 1947 | #1,525 | 38 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,402 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 |
| 1943 | #1,228 | 43 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 |
| 1941 | #993 | 54 |
| 1940 | #915 | 61 |
| 1939 | #1,053 | 46 |
| 1938 | #984 | 52 |
| 1937 | #836 | 68 |
| 1936 | #840 | 65 |
| 1935 | #896 | 59 |
| 1934 | #739 | 81 |
| 1933 | #887 | 58 |
| 1932 | #856 | 66 |
| 1931 | #926 | 56 |
| 1930 | #867 | 68 |
| 1929 | #1,051 | 48 |
| 1928 | #983 | 57 |
| 1927 | #810 | 81 |
| 1926 | #980 | 58 |
| 1925 | #867 | 74 |
| 1924 | #903 | 70 |
| 1923 | #976 | 58 |
| 1922 | #852 | 74 |
| 1921 | #828 | 79 |
| 1920 | #968 | 57 |
| 1919 | #902 | 61 |
| 1918 | #832 | 74 |
| 1917 | #1,026 | 47 |
| 1916 | #893 | 57 |
| 1915 | #958 | 48 |
| 1914 | #878 | 44 |
| 1913 | #881 | 36 |
| 1912 | #757 | 44 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #723 | 34 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 |
| 1908 | #755 | 26 |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #777 | 22 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 |
| 1903 | #760 | 20 |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 |
| 1896 | #872 | 14 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 |
| 1894 | #682 | 19 |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 |
| 1892 | #685 | 18 |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 |
| 1884 | #463 | 19 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 |
| 1881 | #384 | 19 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Nella was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nella is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#322 · 1 in 2,577
- Kentucky#337 · 1 in 2,859
- Mississippi#372 · 1 in 3,041
- Texas#790 · 1 in 9,149
Best ever in a state: #223 in Kentucky, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #322 | 11 | 1 in 2,577 |
| Kentucky | #337 | 9 | 1 in 2,859 |
| Mississippi | #372 | 7 | 1 in 3,041 |
| Texas | #790 | 6 | 1 in 9,149 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nella
- 47 spots since 2024 (#2,775 → #2,822)
- 242 spots since 2020 (#2,580 → #2,822)
- 68 spots since 2015 (#2,890 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1884 (#817 → #463)
- Biggest drop: 324 spots in 1906 (#777 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #384 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1880–1897
- Highest: 1 in 4,840 girls born in 1881 were named Nella (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.0% of all girls named Nella (656) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 125 | #384 (1881) | #627 |
| 1890s | 147 | #682 (1894) | #820 |
| 1900s | 176 | #755 (1908) | #894 |
| 1910s | 463 | #723 (1910) | #888 |
| 1920s | 656 | #810 (1927) | #922 |
| 1930s | 619 | #739 (1934) | #888 |
| 1940s | 412 | #915 (1940) | #1,329 |
| 1950s | 285 | #1,505 (1951) | #2,023 |
| 1960s | 183 | #2,369 (1960) | #3,090 |
| 1970s | 89 | #4,154 (1976) | #5,798 |
| 1980s | 31 | #6,804 (1981) | #9,638 |
| 1990s | 18 | #10,836 (1997) | #12,328 |
| 2000s | 172 | #3,409 (2009) | #7,201 |
| 2010s | 597 | #2,275 (2018) | #2,944 |
| 2020s | 401 | #2,295 (2022) | #2,620 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nella in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 16,006 of them was named Nella, which outranked 82.7% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #827Twyla66
- #827Vonnie66
- #827Wynona66
- #840Nella65
- #840Dena65
- #840Florida65
- #840Lyda65
- #847Beverlee64
- #847Edward64
- #847Esta64
Tied with 6 names at #840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.