Zella Girl
How popular is Zella?
#1,733 girl name in 2025
117 baby girls were named Zella in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
Zella popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,733 for girls (▲ 107 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 117 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,464 in 2015, #1,654 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1917 (298 girls) |
| Highest rank | #219 in 1888 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zella counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zella family of names ranked #1,294 for girls in 2025 (#1,382 the year before), with 135 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zella | 117 | 87% |
| Zela | 12 | 9% |
| Zelah | 6 | 4% |
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 Zella is most popular
Babies named Zella per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Zella by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 639 | #219 |
| 1890s | 1,184 | #225 |
| 1900s | 1,272 | #247 |
| 1910s | 2,214 | #311 |
| 1920s | 2,287 | #405 |
| 1930s | 1,374 | #491 |
| 1940s | 924 | #652 |
| 1950s | 571 | #947 |
| 1960s | 316 | #1,498 |
| 1970s | 90 | #3,177 |
| 1980s | 49 | #5,884 |
| 1990s | 55 | #8,726 |
| 2000s | 334 | #2,891 |
| 2010s | 1,240 | #1,360 |
| 2020s | 820 | #1,269 |
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Questions
- Is Zella a boy or girl name?
- Zella is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zella were girls.
- How popular is the name Zella?
- 117 baby girls were named Zella in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
- When was Zella most popular?
- Zella peaked in 1917, when 298 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #219 in 1888.
- How many people are named Zella?
- 13,369 babies have been named Zella in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,341 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Zella most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zella was most common in Idaho, at 0.3 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.