Baby name

Della

Girl

Origin of the name

Della is a pet form of Adela or Adeline.

Comeback name

1917 was its best year: 1,192 births, or 1 baby in 1,683. Almost forgotten around 1999, with about 40 births a year, it has been climbing back since. Its rank in 2025: No. 563.

70,810births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 168rank at its peak, in 1917

Where babies named Della are born

1917

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The darker the blue, the more common Della is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Della is most common in Kentucky (3.6 times), West Virginia (3.2) and Arkansas (2.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Ella 351,313
Bella 83,721
Delia 37,318
Zella 13,369
Delma 8,454
Idella 6,554

Names from the same era

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