Fontella
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #11,409
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 104 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 589since 1900
Fontella over time
Rank among girls' names. Fontella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,011 | 104 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 49 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
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| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | — | |
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| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | — | |
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| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Fontella! It came in at #1,431, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Fontella is popular in 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Fontella
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1966 at #1,011 (104 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,271 girls born in 1966 were named Fontella (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,425 girls born in 1990 (0.00%)
- 39.6% of all girls named Fontella (233) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 25 | #1,431 (1900) | #1,709 |
| 1910s | 67 | #2,050 (1915) | #3,037 |
| 1920s | 78 | #2,954 (1928) | #3,477 |
| 1930s | 44 | #3,274 (1932) | #3,811 |
| 1940s | 24 | #2,963 (1940) | #3,601 |
| 1950s | 15 | #5,563 (1952) | #5,756 |
| 1960s | 233 | #1,011 (1966) | #3,496 |
| 1970s | 70 | #4,523 (1972) | #5,479 |
| 1980s | 27 | #9,095 (1980) | #10,310 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,409 (1990) | #11,409 |
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.
Fontella in 1900
Top girls' names in 1900
More about 1900
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299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 37,473 of them was named Fontella, which outranked 35.6% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,319Wilmer9
- #1,319Zara9
- #1,319Zelia9
- #1,431Fontella8
- #1,431Adel8
- #1,431Adelaida8
- #1,431Alba8
- #1,561Abby7
- #1,561Agusta7
- #1,561Albertina7
Tied with 129 names at #1,431; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
- ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
- ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.