Zella
Rank in 2025
#1733
recorded as girls
Up 107 since 2024
Babies in 2025
117
girls 117
Peak year
1888
111 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
13,369
since 1880
Born a Zella? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Zella was most popular in 1888, when 111 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.62 per 1,000). In 2025, 117 babies were named Zella, ranking #1733 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 18%.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | 1733 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 109 | 1840 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 131 | 1595 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 156 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 183 | 1269 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 124 | 1654 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 162 | 1383 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 166 | 1360 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 160 | 1422 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 156 | 1472 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 157 | 1464 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 84 | 2236 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 102 | 1939 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 92 | 2078 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 90 | 2124 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 71 | 2562 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 60 | 2892 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 53 | 3158 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 48 | 3428 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 40 | 3795 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 35 | 4029 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 34 | 4093 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 17 | 6576 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 15 | 7045 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 16 | 6619 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 16 | 6487 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 8 | 10345 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 11138 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | 12070 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 13518 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | 10514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 8 | 9586 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 9 | 8734 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 6 | 10386 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | 10677 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | 8153 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 9 | 6888 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 11 | 5885 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 5 | 10210 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 15 | 4141 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 14 | 4227 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 11 | 4871 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 20 | 3177 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 11 | 4810 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 14 | 4038 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 18 | 3199 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 23 | 2630 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 20 | 2781 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 18 | 2937 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 35 | 1950 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 27 | 2348 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 41 | 1815 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 41 | 1782 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 56 | 1499 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 37 | 1855 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 45 | 1617 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 44 | 1606 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 39 | 1728 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 54 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 50 | 1423 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 48 | 1444 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 60 | 1248 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 67 | 1156 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 75 | 1068 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 89 | 948 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 83 | 982 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 92 | 907 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 99 | 885 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 80 | 931 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 98 | 758 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 81 | 846 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 113 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 86 | 827 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 78 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 114 | 652 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 113 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 119 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 110 | 646 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 112 | 622 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 131 | 559 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 137 | 551 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 151 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 158 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 159 | 521 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 184 | 491 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 179 | 505 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 213 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 190 | 509 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 216 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 228 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 235 | 454 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 267 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 235 | 441 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 280 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 244 | 428 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 255 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 244 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 298 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 248 | 398 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 265 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 224 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 199 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 186 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 144 | 330 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 151 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 131 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 125 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 123 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 108 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 110 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 126 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 132 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 124 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 122 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 171 | 247 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 102 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 115 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 128 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 130 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 137 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 138 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 109 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 102 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 115 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 108 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 96 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 111 | 219 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 67 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 72 | 241 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 56 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 63 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 55 | 241 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 50 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 38 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 31 | 278 | <5 | — |
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