Rella
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,325since 1880
Rella over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rella has never cracked the top 500 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rella was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 5,115 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #8,362)
- 3,780 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #8,362)
- 8,057 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 466 spots in 1897 (#1,292 → #826)
- Biggest drop: 567 spots in 1896 (#725 → #1,292)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #539 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1880–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,195
- Highest: 1 in 9,195 girls born in 1881 were named Rella (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 17.8% of all girls named Rella (236) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 69 | #539 (1881) | #822 |
| 1890s | 115 | #725 (1895) | #965 |
| 1900s | 100 | #1,007 (1901) | #1,258 |
| 1910s | 179 | #1,335 (1910) | #1,604 |
| 1920s | 236 | #1,623 (1926) | #1,747 |
| 1930s | 191 | #1,535 (1930) | #1,861 |
| 1940s | 151 | #1,668 (1942) | #2,487 |
| 1950s | 120 | #2,391 (1951) | #3,485 |
| 1960s | 46 | #3,512 (1960) | #5,290 |
| 1970s | 6 | #7,292 (1972) | #7,292 |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,545 (1986) | #9,978 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,386 (1995) | #13,386 |
| 2000s | 6 | #15,152 (2006) | #15,152 |
| 2010s | 48 | #10,129 (2014) | #13,594 |
| 2020s | 42 | #8,362 (2025) | #11,101 |
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.
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