Girls' name · since 1882
Vella
Vella has 2,283 recorded births since 1882 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,881 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,283
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vella currently ranks #4881 among girls' names in America, with 2,283 babies recorded since 1882.
Vella has 2,283 recorded births among girls since 1882, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4881 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #4,311 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,881 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,283 born since 1882
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vella ranks #4,311 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,881 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,283 born since 1882, peaking in the 1920s.
- #4,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,881 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,283
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vella's 2,283 recorded births place it above 94.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Tennessee.
How Vella compares
2,283 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Vella's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,283 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vella splits its recorded history at 1937: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1888 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 53 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (1915)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Vella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (410 births, 18% of the file).
1920s was Vella's strongest decade.
410 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Vella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 66
1880s
66 births
- 1890s 124
1890s
124 births
- 1900s
1900s
185 births
- 1910s
1910s
393 births
- 1920s
1920s
410 births
- 1930s
1930s
304 births
- 1940s
1940s
198 births
- 1950s 154
1950s
154 births
- 1960s 68
1960s
68 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
189 births
- 2020s 140
2020s
140 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 410 births (18% of all-time use).
How Vella 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 Vella's total volume
Vella by state
Where Vella concentrates geographically, total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 43 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 35 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 26 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #7 | California | | 7 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Florida | | 6 | 0.3% |
43 of 2,283 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Vella appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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- Vella's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (410 total births) through the 2020s (140) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Tennessee records the most Vellas (43 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee 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 Vella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~143 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, 1882–2025 (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 Vella 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.