Fontella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Fontella

The Social Security Administration has registered 589 babies named Fontella between 1900 and 1990, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fontella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fontella performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Fontella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Fontella in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fontella 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 589 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.