Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lella

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1916

Peak era

1916

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19162025

Quick answers about Lella

An estimated 132 living Americans are named Lella.

Lella fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Lella is approximately 77 years, with most bearers falling between 45 and 86 years old.

Not especially. Lella has been declining since its 1916 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

864

Lella last appeared in SSA records in 2018. Across its recorded history, about 864 American girls received the name.

Lella peaked in 1916, when 30 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 864 Americans named Lella since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1916

Living profile

132

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age77

Core range45–86

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Glacier

A long-duration classic distributed across many generations.