Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Luella

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Luella
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

949

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

65.1%

2024

331

All-time

32,252

Luella has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 949 girls were named Luella.

In 2024, only 331 girls were given the name.

Down 65.1% from its peak.

All told, about 32,252 Americans have been named Luella and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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