# Zella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zella/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,369 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 13,369 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 2,142 |
| 2012 | 92 | 2,094 |
| 2013 | 102 | 1,952 |
| 2014 | 84 | 2,255 |
| 2015 | 157 | 1,469 |
| 2016 | 156 | 1,479 |
| 2017 | 160 | 1,431 |
| 2018 | 166 | 1,366 |
| 2019 | 162 | 1,391 |
| 2020 | 124 | 1,667 |
| 2021 | 183 | 1,271 |
| 2022 | 156 | 1,442 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,601 |
| 2024 | 109 | 1,851 |
| 2025 | 117 | 1,746 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Zella

- Zella Day, American singer-songwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.