Clela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Clela

The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Clela between 1893 and 1962, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clela performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Clela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Clela in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clela 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 287 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.