Della Girl
How popular is Della?
#563 girl name in 2025
533 baby girls were named Della in the US in 2025, making it the 563rd most popular girl name.
Della popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #563 for girls (▲ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 533 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+144% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,155 in 2015, #915 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1917 (1,192 girls) |
| Highest rank | #60 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Della counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Della family of names ranked #520 for girls in 2025 (#546 the year before), with 559 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Della | 533 | 95% |
| Dela | 19 | 3% |
| Dellah | 7 | 1% |
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 Della is most popular
Babies named Della per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nebraska: 1.4 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- North Dakota: 1.0 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Iowa: 0.9 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- Montana: 0.9 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Utah: 0.8 per 1,000 (70 girls)
Della by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,048 | #60 |
| 1890s | 6,410 | #72 |
| 1900s | 5,958 | #90 |
| 1910s | 9,450 | #130 |
| 1920s | 10,366 | #183 |
| 1930s | 7,950 | #206 |
| 1940s | 6,358 | #248 |
| 1950s | 6,038 | #308 |
| 1960s | 4,583 | #353 |
| 1970s | 1,804 | #599 |
| 1980s | 814 | #1,216 |
| 1990s | 512 | #2,234 |
| 2000s | 719 | #1,848 |
| 2010s | 2,156 | #808 |
| 2020s | 2,644 | #563 |
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Questions
- Is Della a boy or girl name?
- Della is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Della were girls.
- How popular is the name Della?
- 533 baby girls were named Della in the US in 2025, making it the 563rd most popular girl name.
- When was Della most popular?
- Della peaked in 1917, when 1,192 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #60 in 1881.
- How many people are named Della?
- 70,949 babies have been named Della in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,967 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 66.
- Where is Della most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Della was most common in Nebraska, at 1.4 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.