Castella — girls' name
188 babies named Castella in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Castella was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Castella in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Castella
The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Castella between 1909 and 2015, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Castella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Castella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Castella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Castella in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 188 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Castella at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Castella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1909
- Peak year (1929)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
188 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 9 births in a single year.
Castella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 61 births that decade — 32% of Castella's all-time total
Castella decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Castella's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1909–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.