Girls' name · since 1880
Rella
Rella has 1,325 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,371 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,325
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rella is the #8371 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,325 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rella has been recorded 1,325 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #8371 nationally and more common than 52% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #6,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,371 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,325 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rella ranks #6,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,371 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,325 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #6,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,371 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,325
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rella's 1,325 recorded births place it above 91.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
How Rella compares
1,325 Top 28% higher than 72% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rella's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,325 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rella splits its recorded history at 1932: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1882 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Rella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (236 births, 18% of the file).
1920s was Rella's strongest decade.
236 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Rella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 69
1880s
69 births
- 1890s
1890s
115 births
- 1900s
1900s
100 births
- 1910s
1910s
179 births
- 1920s
1920s
236 births
- 1930s
1930s
191 births
- 1940s
1940s
151 births
- 1950s
1950s
120 births
- 1960s 46
1960s
46 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 48
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 42
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 236 births (18% of all-time use).
How Rella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rella's total volume
Rella by state
Where Rella concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 27 | 2.0% |
| #2 | Maine | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
27 of 1,325 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Rella's data
- Rella's decade-level peak was the 1920s (236 total births); usage has since declined to 42 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Rellas (27 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.