Lella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lella

The Social Security Administration has registered 864 babies named Lella between 1880 and 2018, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lella performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Lella in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lella 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 864 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.