Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Zella

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1917

Peak rank proxy

298

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172024

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

63.8%

2024

108

All-time

13,250

Zella 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 1917, when 298 girls were named Zella.

In 2024, only 108 girls were given the name.

Down 63.8% from its peak.

All told, about 13,250 Americans have been named Zella and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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