Mella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mella

The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Mella between 1885 and 2023, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Mella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mella 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 333 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.