Nella
Nella is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 61 births. Its best rank was 387th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 610.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192781 births
- Best rank
- #387in 1881
- Since 1880
- 4,314people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,314 girls have been named Nella in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 81 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Nella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 125 | |
| 1890s | 147 | |
| 1900s | 176 | |
| 1910s | 463 | |
| 1920s | 656 | |
| 1930s | 619 | |
| 1940s | 412 | |
| 1950s | 285 | |
| 1960s | 184 | |
| 1970s | 88 | |
| 1980s | 31 | |
| 1990s | 18 | |
| 2000s | 172 | |
| 2010s | 597 | |
| 2020s | 341 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Nella was the 813th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Nella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Georgianapeak 1918
- Adellapeak 1920
- Louellapeak 1932
- Georgiapeak 1947
- Georgiepeak 1925
- Alicepeak 1921
- Leonorapeak 1924
- Evalinepeak 1916
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.