Vella

#4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births

Peak · girls
#557
1885 · 15 births
Debut · girls
1882
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,283
since 1882

Vella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vella has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #557, 1885girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,87827
2024#5,14825
2023#6,16919
2022#5,46523
2021#6,41418
2020#4,64828
2019#5,16325
2018#6,24819
2017#5,66122
2016#6,18620
2015#6,97717
2014#7,30216
2013#6,01721
2012#6,57619
2011#7,43616
2010#8,27114
2009#9,97511
2008#10,08411
2007#13,9247
2006—
2005#16,4625
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1982#8,2247
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1973#8,4235
1972#7,2926
1971—
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1969—
1968—
1967#6,0426
1966#6,5645
1965#5,8176
1964#5,4747
1963#4,27210
1962#5,2937
1961#3,79312
1960#3,21215
1959#2,76018
1958#2,20926
1957#2,82317
1956#3,49312
1955#3,57111
1954#3,49011
1953#2,81215
1952#2,92114
1951#2,31419
1950#3,23511
1949#2,27419
1948#2,07022
1947#1,89726
1946#2,59714
1945#1,74323
1944#2,19916
1943#2,15117
1942#2,11717
1941#1,69622
1940#1,68222
1939#1,79719
1938#1,25034
1937#1,33030
1936#1,64021
1935#1,38128
1934#1,16637
1933#1,28931
1932#1,23734
1931#1,16338
1930#1,34732
1929#1,13742
1928#1,11546
1927#1,26139
1926#1,26238
1925#1,34735
1924#1,06953
1923#1,46431
1922#1,20741
1921#1,04552
1920#1,37533
1919#1,02649
1918#99952
1917#1,05445
1916#99348
1915#90053
1914#98836
1913#98130
1912#84635
1911#89823
1910#91422
1909#90920
1908#75526
1907#84020
1906#91716
1905#87218
1904#80520
1903#78919
1902#1,07511
1901#91813
1900#78022
1899#83515
1898#96313
1897#89513
1896#81316
1895#85814
1894#1,1368
1893#90111
1892#76215
1891#79612
1890#1,0997
1889#83910
1888#1,2765
1887#7889
1886#73110
1885#55715
1884#64011
1883—
1882#8136
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Vella! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Vella
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 270 spots since 2024 (#5,148 → #4,878)
  • 230 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #4,878)
  • 2,099 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #4,878)
  • Biggest jump: 437 spots in 1889 (#1,276 → #839)
  • Biggest drop: 488 spots in 1888 (#788 → #1,276)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1885 at #557 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1903–1916
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,870
  • Highest: 1 in 8,870 girls born in 1885 were named Vella (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 59,528 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.0% of all girls named Vella (410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s66#557 (1885)#806
1890s124#762 (1892)#906
1900s185#755 (1908)#866
1910s393#846 (1912)#960
1920s410#1,045 (1921)#1,228
1930s304#1,163 (1931)#1,360
1940s198#1,682 (1940)#2,043
1950s154#2,209 (1958)#2,963
1960s68#3,212 (1960)#5,058
1970s11#7,292 (1972)#7,858
1980s7#8,224 (1982)#8,224
1990s0——
2000s34#9,975 (2009)#12,611
2010s189#5,163 (2019)#6,584
2020s140#4,648 (2020)#5,454

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.

Vella in 1937

girls
#1,330
30 births · 1 in 35,468 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #1,330Vella30
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 35,468 of them was named Vella, which outranked 73.0% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vella
  1. #1,303Shelbia31
  2. #1,303Shelly31
  3. #1,303Tomasa31
  4. #1,330Vella30
  5. #1,330Alease30
  6. #1,330Annabel30
  7. #1,330Annalee30
  8. #1,355Albert29
  9. #1,355Albina29
  10. #1,355Angelica29

Tied with 24 names at #1,330; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937 →