Nella — #2769 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nella

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,314 babies named Nella between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nella currently holds the #2769 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 656 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Nella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 247 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Nella in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nella 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 4,314 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.