Girls' name · since 1916
Rodella
49 babies named Rodella in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
49 girls have been named Rodella since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rodella has 49 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1966.
- #35,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rodella ranks #35,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #35,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Rodella's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rodella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rodella's SSA record in two at 1928 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rodella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1966
- Peak year (1919)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Rodella by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (16 births, 33% of the file).
1910s was Rodella's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Rodella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 16 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Rodella's decade-level peak was the 1910s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rodella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1916–1966 (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 Rodella 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.