girl's name

Lella

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 869

Lella is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1916, when 30 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Lella over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '80 '00 '10
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Births named Lella by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 56
1890s 109
1900s 91
1910s 181
1920s 171
1930s 111
1940s 72
1950s 26
1960s 10
1980s 10
2000s 5
2010s (to 2018) 22

How popular is Lella?

In 2018, Lella was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Lella is used

France #7,773 5 in 2021
United States #18,140 5 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Lella

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lella also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lella over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lella

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lella — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lella

How popular is the name Lella?

In 2018, Lella was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Lella a girl's or a boy's name?

Lella is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lella most popular?

Lella peaked in 1916, when 30 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.