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.

Nella

#2,693 most common girls' name of all time · #4,594 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#2,693
Rank overall
#4,594 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
4,374
Since 2016
688
Peak year
1927 #810
Best rank
#392 1881
Girls Boys peak 81/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Nella 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 60 — 60 #2,823
2024 61 — 61 #2,779
2023 61 — 61 #2,791
2022 81 — 81 #2,296
2021 72 — 72 #2,461
2020 66 — 66 #2,582
2019 74 — 74 #2,403
2018 80 — 80 #2,275
2017 75 — 75 #2,402
2016 58 — 58 #2,902
2015 60 — 60 #2,891
2014 63 — 63 #2,740
2013 51 — 51 #3,166
2012 58 — 58 #2,936
2011 39 — 39 #3,849
2010 39 — 39 #3,891
2009 48 — 48 #3,410
2008 32 — 32 #4,649
2007 22 — 22 #6,099
2006 25 — 25 #5,383
2005 12 — 12 #8,888
2004 15 — 15 #7,396
2002 12 — 12 #8,290
2001 6 — 6 #13,528
1999 5 — 5 #14,418
1997 7 — 7 #10,847
1992 6 — 6 #11,744
1989 7 — 7 #9,692
1986 5 — 5 #10,926
1983 5 — 5 #10,289
1982 5 — 5 #10,531
1981 9 — 9 #6,813
1979 7 — 7 #8,064
1978 10 — 10 #5,963
1976 15 — 15 #4,156
1975 10 — 10 #5,522
1974 12 — 12 #4,732
1973 9 — 9 #5,591
1972 5 — 5 #8,297
1971 10 — 10 #5,144
1970 11 — 11 #4,768
1969 17 — 17 #3,324
1968 11 — 11 #4,224
1967 16 — 16 #3,217
1966 14 — 14 #3,404
1965 18 — 18 #2,944
1964 25 — 25 #2,477
1963 12 — 12 #3,806
1962 25 — 25 #2,415
1961 20 — 20 #2,756
1960 25 — 25 #2,373
1959 19 — 19 #2,682
1958 24 — 24 #2,323
1957 22 — 22 #2,422
1956 25 — 25 #2,199
1955 23 — 23 #2,284
1954 32 — 32 #1,839
1953 33 — 33 #1,740
1952 37 — 37 #1,582
1951 39 — 39 #1,507
1950 31 — 31 #1,681
1949 41 — 41 #1,439
1948 28 — 28 #1,781
1947 38 — 38 #1,526
1946 38 — 38 #1,421
1945 33 — 33 #1,403
1944 38 — 38 #1,296
1943 43 — 43 #1,230
1942 38 — 38 #1,302
1941 54 — 54 #994
1940 61 — 61 #915
1939 46 — 46 #1,054
1938 52 — 52 #984
1937 68 — 68 #836
1936 65 — 65 #845
1935 59 — 59 #899
1934 81 — 81 #741
1933 58 — 58 #889
1932 66 — 66 #857
1931 56 — 56 #926
1930 68 — 68 #870
1929 48 — 48 #1,051
1928 57 — 57 #988
1927 81 — 81 #810
1926 58 — 58 #981
1925 74 — 74 #868
1924 70 — 70 #906
1923 58 — 58 #978
1922 74 — 74 #856
1921 79 — 79 #829
1920 57 — 57 #968
1919 61 — 61 #903
1918 74 — 74 #833
1917 47 — 47 #1,027
1916 57 — 57 #893
1915 48 — 48 #958
1914 44 — 44 #880
1913 36 — 36 #889
1912 44 — 44 #758
1911 18 — 18 #1,034
1910 34 — 34 #728
1909 18 — 18 #966
1908 26 — 26 #759
1907 22 — 22 #793
1906 12 — 12 #1,104
1905 22 — 22 #782
1904 14 — 14 #968
1903 20 — 20 #769
1902 15 — 15 #910
1901 13 — 13 #923
1900 14 — 14 #1,014
1899 10 — 10 #1,035
1898 11 — 11 #1,051
1897 17 — 17 #767
1896 14 — 14 #877
1895 18 — 18 #751
1894 19 — 19 #686
1893 16 — 16 #745
1892 18 — 18 #688
1891 15 — 15 #702
1890 9 — 9 #946
1889 10 — 10 #843
1888 17 — 17 #617
1887 12 — 12 #670
1886 11 — 11 #696
1885 10 — 10 #703
1884 19 — 19 #475
1883 6 — 6 #825
1882 11 — 11 #575
1881 19 — 19 #392
1880 10 — 10 #570