Baby name

Vella

Girl

Comeback name

1915 was its best year: 53 births, or 1 baby in 34,573. The curve bottomed out around 1976 (about 0 births a year), then turned around. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 4877.

2,283births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 900rank at its peak, in 1915

Where babies named Vella are born

1915

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One letter apart

Ella 351,313
Velma 86,752
Bella 83,721
Della 70,810
Zella 13,369
Velda 7,559

Names from the same era

Hildegarde · Lelah · Ethyl · Myrle · Libbie · Margaretta

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