Girls' name · since 1899
Armella
763 babies named Armella in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,022 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,255 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 763
- born since 1899
- 1920s
- peak decade
763 babies have been named Armella since 1899, making it today's #13255 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Armella recorded 763 times among girls since 1899, holding rank #13255 nationally today, ahead of 23% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 2025.
- #9,022 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,255 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 763 born since 1899
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Armella ranks #9,022 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,255 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 763 born since 1899, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,022 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,255 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 763
- born since 1899
- 1920s
- peak decade
Armella's 763 recorded births place it above 87.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Wisconsin.
How Armella compares
763 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Armella's all-time total is 103% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Armella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 763 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Armella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Armella splits its recorded history at 1926: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1899 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1926 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Armella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–2025
- Peak year (1926)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 127 years of records
Armella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (308 births, 40% of the file).
1920s was Armella's strongest decade.
308 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Armella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 53
1900s
53 births
- 1910s
1910s
214 births
- 1920s
1920s
308 births
- 1930s 119
1930s
119 births
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 308 births (40% of all-time use).
How Armella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Armella's total volume
Armella by state
Where Armella concentrates geographically, total births since 1899
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 63 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 43 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 42 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Kansas | | 31 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Iowa | | 21 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 18 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
63 of 763 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Armella's data
- Armella's decade-level peak was the 1920s (308 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Wisconsin records the most Armellas (63 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Wisconsin names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Armella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~126 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, 1899–2025 (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 Armella 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.