How Many People Are Named Lella?
An estimated 118 people in the United States have the first name Lella. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 64 years old, and Lella peaked in popularity in 1916 with 30 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lella as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Lella paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
118
About 1 in 2,904,698 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
64
years old
Peak Year
1916
30 births
Total Registered
864
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lella
Lella is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 864 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Lella as a female name
Ranked #17,079 in 2018
5 female births in 2018
Peak: 1916 (30 births)
Lella: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lella span from the 1880s to the 2010s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1910s, when 181 babies were registered. Lella has declined significantly from its peak in the 1910s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Lella by Decade
How has Lella tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Lella + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lella as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lella
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lella: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lella?
We estimate approximately 118 people named Lella are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,904,698 Americans share this first name.
Is Lella a common name?
Lella is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 67% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 864 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lella most popular?
Lella reached peak popularity in 1916, when 30 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lella is approximately 64 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lella a female name?
Lella is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lella Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lella Smith, Lella Johnson, Lella Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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