Luella — #826 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Luella

The Social Security Administration has registered 32,252 babies named Luella between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Luella currently holds the #826 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 949 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Luella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7,642 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Luella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 1,689 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Luella in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Luella 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 32,252 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.