Zella is an established girls' name that peaked in 1917 and has grown less common since.
Zella is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,746 for girl births in the United States (and #3,200 across all names), given to 117 babies. Zella was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (298 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | 117 | #1,746 |
| 2024 | 109 | 109 | #1,851 |
| 2023 | 131 | 131 | #1,601 |
| 2022 | 156 | 156 | #1,442 |
| 2021 | 183 | 183 | #1,271 |
| 2020 | 124 | 124 | #1,667 |
| 2019 | 162 | 162 | #1,391 |
| 2018 | 166 | 166 | #1,366 |
| 2017 | 160 | 160 | #1,431 |
| 2016 | 156 | 156 | #1,479 |
| 2015 | 157 | 157 | #1,469 |
| 2014 | 84 | 84 | #2,255 |
| 2013 | 102 | 102 | #1,952 |
| 2012 | 92 | 92 | #2,094 |
| 2011 | 90 | 90 | #2,142 |
| 2010 | 71 | 71 | #2,588 |
| 2009 | 60 | 60 | #2,938 |
| 2008 | 53 | 53 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 48 | 48 | #3,480 |
| 2006 | 40 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 35 | 35 | #4,115 |
| 2004 | 34 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | #6,882 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #7,439 |
| 2001 | 16 | 16 | #6,952 |
| 2000 | 16 | 16 | #6,805 |
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | #11,375 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #12,416 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | #13,713 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #15,881 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #11,775 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #10,565 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #9,488 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #15,457 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,795 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #12,830 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #12,499 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #9,142 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #7,468 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #11,969 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | #4,455 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | #5,188 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | #3,274 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | #5,131 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #4,244 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 23 | — | #2,707 |
| 1967 | 20 | — | #2,867 |
| 1966 | 18 | — | #3,038 |
| 1965 | 35 | — | #1,992 |
| 1964 | 27 | — | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 41 | — | #1,837 |
| 1962 | 41 | — | #1,806 |
| 1961 | 56 | — | #1,519 |
| 1960 | 37 | — | #1,885 |
| 1959 | 45 | — | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 44 | — | #1,629 |
| 1957 | 39 | — | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 54 | — | #1,452 |
| 1955 | 50 | — | #1,444 |
| 1954 | 48 | — | #1,464 |
| 1953 | 60 | — | #1,260 |
| 1952 | 67 | — | #1,170 |
| 1951 | 75 | — | #1,077 |
| 1950 | 89 | — | #958 |
| 1949 | 83 | — | #991 |
| 1948 | 92 | — | #909 |
| 1947 | 99 | — | #891 |
| 1946 | 80 | — | #935 |
| 1945 | 98 | — | #761 |
| 1944 | 81 | — | #849 |
| 1943 | 113 | — | #730 |
| 1942 | 86 | — | #828 |
| 1941 | 78 | — | #820 |
| 1940 | 114 | — | #656 |
| 1939 | 113 | — | #647 |
| 1938 | 119 | — | #632 |
| 1937 | 110 | — | #651 |
| 1936 | 112 | — | #626 |
| 1935 | 131 | — | #560 |
| 1934 | 137 | — | #553 |
| 1933 | 151 | — | #520 |
| 1932 | 158 | — | #523 |
| 1931 | 159 | — | #523 |
| 1930 | 184 | — | #493 |
| 1929 | 179 | — | #506 |
| 1928 | 213 | — | #470 |
| 1927 | 190 | — | #511 |
| 1926 | 216 | — | #472 |
| 1925 | 228 | — | #458 |
| 1924 | 235 | — | #454 |
| 1923 | 267 | — | #408 |
| 1922 | 235 | — | #442 |
| 1921 | 280 | — | #406 |
| 1920 | 244 | — | #429 |
| 1919 | 255 | — | #405 |
| 1918 | 244 | — | #424 |
| 1917 | 298 | — | #365 |
| 1916 | 248 | — | #399 |
| 1915 | 265 | — | #371 |
| 1914 | 224 | — | #356 |
| 1913 | 199 | — | #343 |
| 1912 | 186 | — | #335 |
| 1911 | 144 | — | #330 |
| 1910 | 151 | — | #313 |
| 1909 | 131 | — | #317 |
| 1908 | 125 | — | #315 |
| 1907 | 123 | — | #315 |
| 1906 | 108 | — | #324 |
| 1905 | 110 | — | #323 |
| 1904 | 126 | — | #283 |
| 1903 | 132 | — | #270 |
| 1902 | 124 | — | #283 |
| 1901 | 122 | — | #268 |
| 1900 | 171 | — | #247 |
| 1899 | 102 | — | #293 |
| 1898 | 115 | — | #286 |
| 1897 | 128 | — | #252 |
| 1896 | 130 | — | #250 |
| 1895 | 137 | — | #235 |
| 1894 | 138 | — | #226 |
| 1893 | 109 | — | #253 |
| 1892 | 102 | — | #263 |
| 1891 | 115 | — | #226 |
| 1890 | 108 | — | #236 |
| 1889 | 96 | — | #239 |
| 1888 | 111 | — | #220 |
| 1887 | 67 | — | #258 |
| 1886 | 72 | — | #244 |
| 1885 | 56 | — | #265 |
| 1884 | 63 | — | #244 |
| 1883 | 55 | — | #243 |
| 1882 | 50 | — | #246 |
| 1881 | 38 | — | #267 |
| 1880 | 31 | — | #281 |