girl's name

Pella

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 72

Pella is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2024 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2014, when 9 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2009.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Pella over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Pella by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 5
2010s 37
2020s (to 2024) 24

How popular is Pella?

In 2024, Pella was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Pella is used

England & Wales #6,618 3 in 2025
United States #13,616 6 in 2024

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 Pella

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

Parents who like Pella also like

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

Sibling names for Pella

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

Common questions about Pella

How popular is the name Pella?

In 2024, Pella was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Pella is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Pella?

Pella has 2 syllables.

When was Pella most popular?

Pella peaked in 2014, when 9 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Pella a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Pella currently ranks #6,618 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.