Nella Girl
How popular is Nella?
#2,822 girl name in 2025
60 baby girls were named Nella in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
Nella popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,822 for girls (▼ 47 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 60 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,890 in 2015, #2,580 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1927 (81 girls) |
| Highest rank | #384 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nella counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nella family of names ranked #1,802 for girls in 2025 (#1,758 the year before), with 80 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nella | 60 | 75% |
| Nela | 12 | 15% |
| Neala | 8 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nella is most popular
Babies named Nella per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Nella by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 125 | #384 |
| 1890s | 147 | #682 |
| 1900s | 176 | #755 |
| 1910s | 463 | #723 |
| 1920s | 656 | #810 |
| 1930s | 619 | #739 |
| 1940s | 412 | #915 |
| 1950s | 285 | #1,504 |
| 1960s | 183 | #2,368 |
| 1970s | 89 | #4,152 |
| 1980s | 31 | #6,802 |
| 1990s | 18 | #10,831 |
| 2000s | 172 | #3,408 |
| 2010s | 597 | #2,275 |
| 2020s | 401 | #2,295 |
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Questions
- Is Nella a boy or girl name?
- Nella is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nella were girls.
- How popular is the name Nella?
- 60 baby girls were named Nella in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
- When was Nella most popular?
- Nella peaked in 1927, when 81 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #384 in 1881.
- How many people are named Nella?
- 4,374 babies have been named Nella in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,133 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Nella most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nella was most common in Illinois, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.