Baby name

Zella

Girl

Comeback name

The high point came in 1917, with 298 births and the No. 363 spot that year. The curve bottomed out around 1978 (about 0 births a year), then turned around. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 1733.

13,369births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 363rank at its peak, in 1917

Where babies named Zella are born

1917

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Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Zella is most common in Kentucky (5.8 times), Oklahoma (4.4) and West Virginia (3.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Ella 351,313
Bella 83,721
Della 70,810
Zelma 16,824
Zelda 16,734
Nella 4,374

Names from the same era

Wilhelmina · Gussie · Edythe · Rowena · Alvina · Lessie

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