Vella
#4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,283since 1882
Vella over time
Rank among girls' names. Vella has never cracked the top 500 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 | #4,878 | 27 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
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| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
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| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,250 | 34 |
| 1937 | #1,330 | 30 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 |
| 1931 | #1,163 | 38 |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1927 | #1,261 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,262 | 38 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,069 | 53 |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,207 | 41 |
| 1921 | #1,045 | 52 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,026 | 49 |
| 1918 | #999 | 52 |
| 1917 | #1,054 | 45 |
| 1916 | #993 | 48 |
| 1915 | #900 | 53 |
| 1914 | #988 | 36 |
| 1913 | #981 | 30 |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 |
| 1909 | #909 | 20 |
| 1908 | #755 | 26 |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 |
| 1904 | #805 | 20 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 |
| 1896 | #813 | 16 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Vella is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#417 · 1 in 3,361
- Tennessee#423 · 1 in 4,288
- Kentucky#452 · 1 in 4,717
Best ever in a state: #316 in Kentucky, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #417 | 5 | 1 in 3,361 |
| Tennessee | #423 | 5 | 1 in 4,288 |
| Kentucky | #452 | 5 | 1 in 4,717 |
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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 Vella
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1885 at #557 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1903–1916
- 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%)
- 18.0% of all girls named Vella (410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 66 | #557 (1885) | #806 |
| 1890s | 124 | #762 (1892) | #906 |
| 1900s | 185 | #755 (1908) | #866 |
| 1910s | 393 | #846 (1912) | #960 |
| 1920s | 410 | #1,045 (1921) | #1,228 |
| 1930s | 304 | #1,163 (1931) | #1,360 |
| 1940s | 198 | #1,682 (1940) | #2,043 |
| 1950s | 154 | #2,209 (1958) | #2,963 |
| 1960s | 68 | #3,212 (1960) | #5,058 |
| 1970s | 11 | #7,292 (1972) | #7,858 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,224 (1982) | #8,224 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 34 | #9,975 (2009) | #12,611 |
| 2010s | 189 | #5,163 (2019) | #6,584 |
| 2020s | 140 | #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 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 18,563 of them was named Vella, which outranked 81.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #892Mariam54
- #892Queenie54
- #892Theola54
- #900Vella53
- #900Amie53
- #900Antionette53
- #900Bernardine53
- #917Colleen52
- #917Delilah52
- #917Elfrieda52
Tied with 16 names at #900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.