Fontella

Girl · recorded 1900–1990

  • 1990last recorded
  • 1966best year

Most popular in 1966.

Last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1900

0316119001923194519681990

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 54 recorded years as a table
Fontella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190027
190319
190624
190716
191211
19138
191412
191515
19165
19179
19188
19197
19207
19218
19227
19234
19248
19257
19278
19289
19297
19307
19316
19327
19357
19365
19375
19385
19408
19424
19466
19523
19543
19562
19612
19643
196528
196661
196720
196815
19698
19706
19717
19728
19738
19746
19754
19767
19804
19833
19843
19863
19893
19903

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Fontella isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1990
6
Rank in 1990
#11,409
How rare
1 in 316,424 girls
Since 1900
589

Fontella was last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1966, at 61 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Fontella doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.