Vella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VEL-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Vella is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Vella come from?
Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Della or Bella
Is Vella a girl's or a boy's name?
Vella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Vella, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had more girls named Vella than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Vella in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,208 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,896 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,742 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,682 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,250 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,330 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,640 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,166 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,289 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,347 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,137 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,115 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,261 |
| 1926 | 38 | #1,262 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,347 |
| 1924 | 53 | #1,069 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,207 |
| 1921 | 52 | #1,045 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,375 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1918 | 52 | #999 |
| 1917 | 45 | #1,054 |
| 1916 | 48 | #993 |
| 1915 | 53 | #900 |
| 1914 | 36 | #988 |
| 1913 | 30 | #981 |
| 1912 | 35 | #846 |
| 1911 | 23 | #898 |
| 1910 | 22 | #914 |
| 1909 | 20 | #909 |
| 1908 | 26 | #755 |
| 1907 | 20 | #840 |
| 1906 | 16 | #917 |
| 1905 | 18 | #872 |
| 1904 | 20 | #805 |
| 1903 | 19 | #789 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 22 | #780 |
| 1899 | 15 | #835 |
| 1898 | 13 | #963 |
| 1897 | 13 | #895 |
| 1896 | 16 | #813 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 11 | #901 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 10 | #839 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 9 | #788 |
| 1886 | 10 | #731 |
| 1885 | 15 | #557 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
Names like Vella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vera, Stella, Veda, Lola, Ada, Flora, Ella, Ila, Vida, Willa, Eva, Clara
Names related to Vella
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vella, updated 20 October 2026.