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.

Samella

#8,764 most common girls' name of all time · #14,638 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1898–1994

Rank among girls
#8,764
Rank overall
#14,638 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
716
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #1,629
Best rank
#1,504 1910
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
19001920194019601980

Samella first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1994 6 — 6 #11,860
1988 7 — 7 #9,323
1984 5 — 5 #10,531
1981 8 — 8 #7,483
1976 5 — 5 #9,443
1974 5 — 5 #8,899
1973 5 — 5 #8,551
1972 7 — 7 #6,636
1971 7 — 7 #6,725
1970 5 — 5 #8,132
1969 6 — 6 #6,726
1966 6 — 6 #5,927
1965 6 — 6 #5,925
1963 5 — 5 #6,731
1962 8 — 8 #4,936
1961 9 — 9 #4,613
1958 10 — 10 #3,990
1957 12 — 12 #3,545
1956 14 — 14 #3,240
1955 13 — 13 #3,263
1954 15 — 15 #2,932
1953 14 — 14 #2,980
1952 17 — 17 #2,615
1951 15 — 15 #2,728
1950 17 — 17 #2,476
1949 17 — 17 #2,461
1948 17 — 17 #2,449
1947 11 — 11 #3,305
1946 15 — 15 #2,530
1945 18 — 18 #2,025
1944 15 — 15 #2,346
1943 20 — 20 #1,967
1942 14 — 14 #2,462
1941 13 — 13 #2,451
1940 11 — 11 #2,649
1939 11 — 11 #2,651
1938 11 — 11 #2,644
1937 10 — 10 #2,812
1936 13 — 13 #2,333
1934 12 — 12 #2,494
1933 14 — 14 #2,219
1932 7 — 7 #3,662
1931 8 — 8 #3,317
1930 8 — 8 #3,450
1929 11 — 11 #2,805
1928 7 — 7 #3,870
1927 13 — 13 #2,617
1926 7 — 7 #4,000
1925 15 — 15 #2,435
1924 18 — 18 #2,183
1923 14 — 14 #2,529
1922 14 — 14 #2,542
1921 21 — 21 #1,965
1920 13 — 13 #2,657
1919 15 — 15 #2,334
1918 25 — 25 #1,629
1917 8 — 8 #3,457
1915 10 — 10 #2,784
1914 8 — 8 #2,755
1913 8 — 8 #2,420
1912 8 — 8 #2,274
1911 6 — 6 #2,331
1910 11 — 11 #1,504
1908 7 — 7 #1,822
1898 5 — 5 #1,965