Rella — #13440 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rella

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,313 babies named Rella between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rella currently holds the #13440 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maine and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Rella in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rella 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 1,313 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.