Zella

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,733in 2025
  • 1 in 13,737girls in 2025
  • −17%last ten years

Most popular in 1888. Quieter now: down 17% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

031162118801916195319892025

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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 138 recorded years as a table
Zella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880341
1881413
1882464
1883490
1884488
1885421
1886498
1887459
1888621
1889538
1890567
1891620
1892480
1893512
1894619
1895586
1896546
1897547
1898444
1899438
1900570
1901510
1902470
1903504
1904458
1905377
1906366
1907386
1908374
1909377
1910381
1911344
1912333
1913319
1914294
1915269
1916237
1917276
1918211
1919226
1920204
1921227
1922196
1923221
1924188
1925187
1926182
1927159
1928185
1929160
1930163
1931149
1932148
1933150
1934131
1935125
1936108
1937103
1938108
1939103
1940100
194165
194264
194381
194461
194575
194651
194756
194854
194949
195052
195142
195236
195332
195425
195526
195627
195719
195822
195922
196018
196128
196221
196321
196414
196520
196611
196712
196814
196911
19708
19717
197213
19738
197410
197510
19793
19804
19817
19825
19844
19853
19863
19883
19913
19925
19944
19954
19963
19973
19984
19995
20009
20019
20028
20039
200419
200519
200621
200725
200828
200933
201040
201151
201252
201358
201447
201588
201688
201793
201898
201997
202077
2021112
202295
202382
202467
202573

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 0.9×
  2. Texas 0.8×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
117
Rank in 2025
#1,733
How rare
1 in 13,737 girls
Since 1880
13,369

Most popular in 1888, at 621 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 17% per million girls born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California0.9×31
Texas0.8×28

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