Zella

#1,733 for girls in 2025, 117 births

Peak · girls
#219
1888 · 111 births
Debut · girls
1880
31 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,369
since 1880

Zella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zella has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #219, 1888girls
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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#1,733117
2024#1,840109
2023#1,595131
2022#1,437156
2021#1,269183
2020#1,654124
2019#1,383162
2018#1,360166
2017#1,422160
2016#1,472156
2015#1,464157
2014#2,23684
2013#1,939102
2012#2,07892
2011#2,12490
2010#2,56271
2009#2,89260
2008#3,15853
2007#3,42848
2006#3,79540
2005#4,02935
2004#4,09334
2003#6,57617
2002#7,04515
2001#6,61916
2000#6,48716
1999#10,3458
1998#11,1387
1997#12,0706
1996#13,5185
1995#10,5147
1994#9,5868
1993—
1992#8,7349
1991#13,1475
1990—
1989—
1988#10,3866
1987—
1986#10,9125
1985#10,6775
1984#8,1537
1983—
1982#6,8889
1981#5,88511
1980#9,0956
1979#10,2105
1978—
1977—
1976—
1975#4,14115
1974#4,22714
1973#4,87111
1972#3,17720
1971#4,81011
1970#4,03814
1969#3,19918
1968#2,63023
1967#2,78120
1966#2,93718
1965#1,95035
1964#2,34827
1963#1,81541
1962#1,78241
1961#1,49956
1960#1,85537
1959#1,61745
1958#1,60644
1957#1,72839
1956#1,43754
1955#1,42350
1954#1,44448
1953#1,24860
1952#1,15667
1951#1,06875
1950#94889
1949#98283
1948#90792
1947#88599
1946#93180
1945#75898
1944#84681
1943#725113
1942#82786
1941#81578
1940#652114
1939#643113
1938#629119
1937#646110
1936#622112
1935#559131
1934#551137
1933#516151
1932#522158
1931#521159
1930#491184
1929#505179
1928#470213
1927#509190
1926#470216
1925#457228
1924#454235
1923#408267
1922#441235
1921#405280
1920#428244
1919#405255
1918#424244
1917#363298
1916#398248
1915#370265
1914#355224
1913#342199
1912#333186
1911#330144
1910#311151
1909#316131
1908#315125
1907#315123
1906#323108
1905#321110
1904#282126
1903#267132
1902#280124
1901#265122
1900#247171
1899#292102
1898#284115
1897#251128
1896#245130
1895#234137
1894#226138
1893#251109
1892#262102
1891#225115
1890#234108
1889#23796
1888#219111
1887#25567
1886#24172
1885#26456
1884#23963
1883#24155
1882#24450
1881#26238
1880#27831
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zella was already there! It came in at #278, and was given to 31 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1976–1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Zella is popular in 1973

No state had 5 or more girls named Zella in 1973, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Zella
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 107 spots since 2024 (#1,840 → #1,733)
  • 79 spots since 2020 (#1,654 → #1,733)
  • 269 spots since 2015 (#1,464 → #1,733)
  • Biggest jump: 102 spots in 1943 (#827 → #725)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1946 (#758 → #931)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #219 (111 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 66 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1950
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,609
  • Highest: 1 in 1,609 girls born in 1888 were named Zella (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,737 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.1% of all girls named Zella (2,287) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s639#219 (1888)#248
1890s1,184#225 (1891)#250
1900s1,272#247 (1900)#293
1910s2,214#311 (1910)#363
1920s2,287#405 (1921)#455
1930s1,374#491 (1930)#570
1940s924#652 (1940)#833
1950s571#948 (1950)#1,368
1960s316#1,499 (1961)#2,280
1970s90#3,177 (1972)#5,068
1980s49#5,885 (1981)#8,857
1990s55#8,734 (1992)#11,132
2000s334#2,892 (2009)#4,812
2010s1,240#1,360 (2018)#1,804
2020s820#1,269 (2021)#1,588

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.

Zella in 1973

girls
#4,871
11 births · 1 in 132,564 girls

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #4,871Zella11
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 132,564 of them was named Zella, which outranked 50.3% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zella
  1. #4,586Yavonne12
  2. #4,586Yvonda12
  3. #4,586Zakiya12
  4. #4,871Zella11
  5. #4,871Adeana11
  6. #4,871Adora11
  7. #4,871Adrien11
  8. #5,191Abbi10
  9. #5,191Adenike10
  10. #5,191Adonia10

Tied with 319 names at #4,871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →