Girls' name · since 1909
Castella
Castella has 188 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1929 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
188 girls have been named Castella since 1909, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Castella has been recorded 188 times among girls since 1909, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2015.
- #20,447 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 188 born since 1909
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Castella ranks #20,447 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 188 born since 1909, peaking in the 1920s.
- #20,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Castella's 188 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Castella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Castella's SSA record in two at 1933 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1909, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1929 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Castella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2015
- Peak year (1929)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Castella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (61 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Castella's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Castella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
26 births
- 1920s
1920s
61 births
- 1930s
1930s
45 births
- 1940s
1940s
33 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 61 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Castella's decade-level peak was the 1920s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Castella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~106 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, 1909–2015 (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 Castella 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.