Girls' name · since 1913
Cella
Cella has 157 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cella is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 157 have been recorded since 1913.
Social Security Administration records show Cella recorded 157 times among girls since 1913, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1913 to 2019.
- #22,291 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 157 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cella ranks #22,291 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 157 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cella's 157 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cella's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2019
- Peak year (2015)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Cella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Cella's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Cella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
24 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (30% of all-time use).
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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, 1913–2019 (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 Cella 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.