Loella — girls' name
152 babies named Loella in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Loella was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Loella in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Loella
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Loella between 1906 and 2022, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Loella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Loella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Loella 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 152 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.
Loella at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Loella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1906
- Peak year (1927)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 117 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
152 total births across 117 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 13 births in a single year.
Loella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 62 births that decade — 41% of Loella's all-time total
Loella decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Loella's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1906–2022 (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.