How Many People Are Named Nella?
people named Nella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 164,477 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,374 babies named Nella in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
81 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ANTONELLA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nella in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nella alive today is about 36 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nella first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1927, to 81 babies. In 2025, 60 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nella has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #387, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #2,852.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,852 |
| Best rank | #387 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #912 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nella were born in California than in any other state: about 94 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nella was given 10 times as often in Kentucky, 5.1 times in Alabama and 3 times in Tennessee.
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