Recorded 1917–1940 Girls' name Peak 1917 23 births

Euella — girls' name

23 babies named Euella in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s71920s111940s5
1920s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Euella was born in this single decade.

1917
Single peak year

7 babies were named Euella in 1917 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Euella

The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Euella between 1917 and 1940, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Euella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Euella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Euella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Euella 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 23 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.

Euella at a glance

Last recorded 1940

Total births

23

Since 1917

24 years of records

Peak year

1917

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1940

Active since

1917

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 1940

Euella popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1917

Last recorded 1940
Peak year (1917)
7
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
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Euella by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
11 births that decade — 48% of Euella's all-time total
1910s71920s111940s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Euella?
23 babies have been named Euella since 1917. It was last recorded in 1940. The peak year was 1917 with 7 births.
When was Euella most popular?
Euella was most popular in the 1920s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1917.
How long has the name Euella been used?
Euella has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 24 years of data through 1940.

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, 1917–1940 (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.