Zella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEL-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #1,733 for girls
Zella is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,733rd for girls in the US (117 babies).
Where does Zella come from?
Uncertain; perhaps a short form of names like Rozella or Marcella
Is Zella a girl's or a boy's name?
Zella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 117 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,733among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 117about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 117 girls in the US were named Zella, making it the 1,733rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,654th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 298 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zella in the US since 1880 were born between 1911 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 135 girls in the US were given Zella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,373, up from #1,733 for this spelling alone.
- Zella 117
- Zela 12
- Zelah 6
Zella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,733 |
| 2024 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2023 | 131 | #1,595 |
| 2022 | 156 | #1,437 |
| 2021 | 183 | #1,269 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,654 |
| 2019 | 162 | #1,383 |
| 2018 | 166 | #1,360 |
| 2017 | 160 | #1,422 |
| 2016 | 156 | #1,472 |
| 2015 | 157 | #1,464 |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,939 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2010 | 71 | #2,562 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,950 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,347 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,814 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,781 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,498 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,854 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,616 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,605 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,727 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,436 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,422 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,443 |
| 1953 | 60 | #1,247 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,155 |
| 1951 | 75 | #1,067 |
| 1950 | 89 | #947 |
| 1949 | 83 | #981 |
| 1948 | 92 | #906 |
| 1947 | 99 | #884 |
| 1946 | 80 | #930 |
| 1945 | 98 | #758 |
| 1944 | 81 | #846 |
| 1943 | 113 | #725 |
| 1942 | 86 | #827 |
| 1941 | 78 | #815 |
| 1940 | 114 | #652 |
| 1939 | 113 | #643 |
| 1938 | 119 | #629 |
| 1937 | 110 | #646 |
| 1936 | 112 | #622 |
| 1935 | 131 | #559 |
| 1934 | 137 | #551 |
| 1933 | 151 | #516 |
| 1932 | 158 | #522 |
| 1931 | 159 | #521 |
| 1930 | 184 | #491 |
| 1929 | 179 | #505 |
| 1928 | 213 | #470 |
| 1927 | 190 | #509 |
| 1926 | 216 | #470 |
| 1925 | 228 | #457 |
| 1924 | 235 | #454 |
| 1923 | 267 | #408 |
| 1922 | 235 | #441 |
| 1921 | 280 | #405 |
| 1920 | 244 | #428 |
| 1919 | 255 | #405 |
| 1918 | 244 | #424 |
| 1917 | 298 | #363 |
| 1916 | 248 | #398 |
| 1915 | 265 | #370 |
| 1914 | 224 | #355 |
| 1913 | 199 | #342 |
| 1912 | 186 | #333 |
| 1911 | 144 | #330 |
| 1910 | 151 | #311 |
| 1909 | 131 | #316 |
| 1908 | 125 | #315 |
| 1907 | 123 | #315 |
| 1906 | 108 | #323 |
| 1905 | 110 | #321 |
| 1904 | 126 | #282 |
| 1903 | 132 | #267 |
| 1902 | 124 | #280 |
| 1901 | 122 | #265 |
| 1900 | 171 | #247 |
| 1899 | 102 | #292 |
| 1898 | 115 | #284 |
| 1897 | 128 | #251 |
| 1896 | 130 | #245 |
| 1895 | 137 | #234 |
| 1894 | 138 | #226 |
| 1893 | 109 | #251 |
| 1892 | 102 | #262 |
| 1891 | 115 | #225 |
| 1890 | 108 | #234 |
| 1889 | 96 | #237 |
| 1888 | 111 | #219 |
| 1887 | 67 | #255 |
| 1886 | 72 | #241 |
| 1885 | 56 | #264 |
| 1884 | 63 | #239 |
| 1883 | 55 | #241 |
| 1882 | 50 | #244 |
| 1881 | 38 | #262 |
| 1880 | 31 | #278 |
Names like Zella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stella Ada Vera Ella Zora Ila Willa Lola Flora Eva Estella Lena
Other spellings of Zella
Names related to Zella
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, “Zella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zella, updated 20 October 2026.