Girls' name · since 1918
Arella
Since 1918, U.S. Social Security records show 486 babies named Arella, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,931 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 486
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arella currently ranks #7931 among girls' names in America, with 486 babies recorded since 1918.
Social Security Administration records show Arella recorded 486 times among girls since 1918, holding rank #7931 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #12,055 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,931 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 486 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arella ranks #12,055 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,931 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 486 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,931 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 486
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arella's 486 recorded births place it above 83.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Arella compares
486 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arella's all-time total is 29% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 486 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arella splits its recorded history at 2010: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Arella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (186 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Arella's strongest decade.
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Arella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
148 births
- 2010s
2010s
186 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 186 births (38% of all-time use).
Arella by state
Where Arella concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 25 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 21 | 4.3% |
25 of 486 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Arella's data
- Arella's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (186 total births) through the 2020s (119) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Arellas (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~107 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.