Vella is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1915 and has grown less common since.
Vella is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,977 for girl births in the United States (and #8,627 across all names), given to 27 babies. Vella first appears in 1882 and peaked in 1915 (53 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | #4,977 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | #5,284 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | #6,395 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | #6,671 |
| 2020 | 28 | 28 | #4,749 |
| 2019 | 25 | 25 | #5,302 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #6,505 |
| 2017 | 22 | 22 | #5,810 |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 | #6,388 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | #7,250 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | #7,616 |
| 2013 | 21 | 21 | #6,241 |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #6,856 |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | #7,758 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | #8,672 |
| 2009 | 11 | 11 | #10,635 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | #10,772 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | #15,389 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #19,059 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #9,204 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #9,752 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #8,247 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,773 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #7,576 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #6,507 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #5,986 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #4,526 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #5,827 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | #4,003 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | #3,352 |
| 1959 | 18 | — | #2,865 |
| 1958 | 26 | — | #2,255 |
| 1957 | 17 | — | #2,922 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #3,687 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #3,769 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | #3,708 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,916 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | #3,034 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | #2,387 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | #3,410 |
| 1949 | 19 | — | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 22 | — | #2,123 |
| 1947 | 26 | — | #1,942 |
| 1946 | 14 | — | #2,732 |
| 1945 | 23 | — | #1,792 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | #2,285 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | #2,244 |
| 1942 | 17 | — | #2,204 |
| 1941 | 22 | — | #1,747 |
| 1940 | 22 | — | #1,741 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | #1,875 |
| 1938 | 34 | — | #1,265 |
| 1937 | 30 | — | #1,353 |
| 1936 | 21 | — | #1,688 |
| 1935 | 28 | — | #1,416 |
| 1934 | 37 | — | #1,186 |
| 1933 | 31 | — | #1,308 |
| 1932 | 34 | — | #1,264 |
| 1931 | 38 | — | #1,174 |
| 1930 | 32 | — | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 42 | — | #1,157 |
| 1928 | 46 | — | #1,133 |
| 1927 | 39 | — | #1,276 |
| 1926 | 38 | — | #1,276 |
| 1925 | 35 | — | #1,374 |
| 1924 | 53 | — | #1,082 |
| 1923 | 31 | — | #1,489 |
| 1922 | 41 | — | #1,229 |
| 1921 | 52 | — | #1,055 |
| 1920 | 33 | — | #1,402 |
| 1919 | 49 | — | #1,039 |
| 1918 | 52 | — | #1,004 |
| 1917 | 45 | — | #1,064 |
| 1916 | 48 | — | #1,004 |
| 1915 | 53 | — | #914 |
| 1914 | 36 | — | #1,000 |
| 1913 | 30 | — | #1,000 |
| 1912 | 35 | — | #859 |
| 1911 | 23 | — | #930 |
| 1910 | 22 | — | #938 |
| 1909 | 20 | — | #933 |
| 1908 | 26 | — | #767 |
| 1907 | 20 | — | #869 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | #960 |
| 1905 | 18 | — | #899 |
| 1904 | 20 | — | #835 |
| 1903 | 19 | — | #810 |
| 1902 | 11 | — | #1,128 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | #959 |
| 1900 | 22 | — | #799 |
| 1899 | 15 | — | #874 |
| 1898 | 13 | — | #1,007 |
| 1897 | 13 | — | #929 |
| 1896 | 16 | — | #840 |
| 1895 | 14 | — | #891 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #1,229 |
| 1893 | 11 | — | #953 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | #792 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | #837 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | #1,198 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | #898 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,463 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | #855 |
| 1886 | 10 | — | #776 |
| 1885 | 15 | — | #574 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | #679 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #898 |