Zella
Zella is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 108 births. Its best rank was 220th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1080.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1917298 births
- Best rank
- #220in 1888
- Since 1880
- 13,250people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,250 girls have been named Zella in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 298 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 1925, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 71 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Zella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 639 | |
| 1890s | 1,184 | |
| 1900s | 1,272 | |
| 1910s | 2,214 | |
| 1920s | 2,287 | |
| 1930s | 1,374 | |
| 1940s | 924 | |
| 1950s | 571 | |
| 1960s | 316 | |
| 1970s | 90 | |
| 1980s | 49 | |
| 1990s | 55 | |
| 2000s | 334 | |
| 2010s | 1,239 | |
| 2020s | 702 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Zella was the 365th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1917 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Zella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maepeak 1918
- Onapeak 1916
- Ivapeak 1918
- Winniepeak 2024
- Lelapeak 1921
- Valliepeak 1915
- Altapeak 1918
- Lenniepeak 1915
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.