Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Luella

#794 most common girls' name of all time · #1,438 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#794
Rank overall
#1,438 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
32,621
Since 2016
2,841
Peak year
1918 #202
Best rank
#120 1881
Girls Boys peak 949/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Luella is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 349 — 349 #778
2024 334 — 334 #823
2023 286 — 286 #928
2022 262 — 262 #997
2021 288 — 288 #923
2020 262 — 262 #973
2019 282 — 282 #937
2018 278 — 278 #953
2017 294 — 294 #910
2016 206 — 206 #1,203
2015 177 — 177 #1,338
2014 148 — 148 #1,502
2013 122 — 122 #1,705
2012 108 — 108 #1,859
2011 93 — 93 #2,073
2010 103 — 103 #1,942
2009 86 — 86 #2,270
2008 79 — 79 #2,419
2007 53 — 53 #3,214
2006 57 — 57 #2,978
2005 35 — 35 #4,030
2004 32 — 32 #4,287
2003 17 — 17 #6,577
2002 13 — 13 #7,817
2001 9 — 9 #10,105
2000 14 — 14 #7,161
1999 9 — 9 #9,481
1998 11 — 11 #8,017
1997 11 — 11 #7,742
1996 12 — 12 #7,131
1995 13 — 13 #6,642
1994 12 — 12 #7,097
1993 6 — 6 #11,782
1992 6 — 6 #11,739
1991 6 — 6 #11,513
1990 14 — 14 #6,132
1989 14 — 14 #5,837
1988 13 — 13 #5,895
1987 16 — 16 #4,857
1986 7 — 7 #8,523
1985 10 — 10 #6,459
1984 12 — 12 #5,539
1983 11 — 11 #5,825
1982 18 — 18 #4,167
1981 16 — 16 #4,532
1980 15 — 15 #4,743
1979 12 — 12 #5,428
1978 23 — 23 #3,283
1977 18 — 18 #3,911
1976 18 — 18 #3,678
1975 18 — 18 #3,637
1974 16 — 16 #3,863
1973 23 — 23 #2,914
1972 30 — 30 #2,398
1971 19 — 19 #3,373
1970 35 — 35 #2,240
1969 34 — 34 #2,172
1968 23 — 23 #2,630
1967 40 — 40 #1,848
1966 46 — 46 #1,647
1965 45 — 45 #1,672
1964 53 — 53 #1,559
1963 50 — 50 #1,598
1962 68 — 68 #1,344
1961 64 — 64 #1,398
1960 79 — 79 #1,227
1959 71 — 71 #1,273
1958 67 — 67 #1,294
1957 88 — 88 #1,116
1956 85 — 85 #1,116
1955 105 — 105 #967
1954 101 — 101 #966
1953 92 — 92 #1,001
1952 93 — 93 #975
1951 118 — 118 #824
1950 127 — 127 #768
1949 156 — 156 #665
1948 183 — 183 #611
1947 157 — 157 #672
1946 172 — 172 #601
1945 139 — 139 #617
1944 181 — 181 #538
1943 214 — 214 #510
1942 216 — 216 #507
1941 236 — 236 #447
1940 251 — 251 #429
1939 276 — 276 #405
1938 294 — 294 #392
1937 345 — 345 #339
1936 338 — 338 #340
1935 363 — 363 #333
1934 388 — 388 #318
1933 428 — 428 #293
1932 495 — 495 #279
1931 576 — 576 #253
1930 597 — 597 #255
1929 660 5 665 #241
1928 662 — 662 #242
1927 723 — 723 #242
1926 639 — 639 #264
1925 761 6 767 #238
1924 776 — 776 #235
1923 821 — 821 #225
1922 861 — 861 #222
1921 887 — 887 #216
1920 852 — 852 #224
1919 905 — 905 #205
1918 949 — 949 #202
1917 842 — 842 #208
1916 837 5 842 #210
1915 783 — 783 #211
1914 604 — 604 #210
1913 519 — 519 #204
1912 483 — 483 #200
1911 352 — 352 #205
1910 374 — 374 #183
1909 325 — 325 #183
1908 336 — 336 #177
1907 355 — 355 #167
1906 291 — 291 #174
1905 287 — 287 #178
1904 246 — 246 #191
1903 286 — 286 #170
1902 262 — 262 #176
1901 239 — 239 #182
1900 268 — 268 #191
1899 246 — 246 #174
1898 261 — 261 #179
1897 206 — 206 #192
1896 230 — 230 #180
1895 227 — 227 #178
1894 228 — 228 #175
1893 199 — 199 #179
1892 207 — 207 #176
1891 163 — 163 #184
1890 184 — 184 #175
1889 172 — 172 #170
1888 171 — 171 #168
1887 127 — 127 #178
1886 136 — 136 #169
1885 131 — 131 #160
1884 158 — 158 #139
1883 120 — 120 #151
1882 117 — 117 #149
1881 141 — 141 #120
1880 111 — 111 #140