Vella
Vella was the 4977th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 574th; the most babies were born in 1915 (53). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,273 places. More babies were named Vella in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,977 girls, down 228 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 27girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 191553 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,283babies recorded
Vella popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,977 | 27 |
| 2020 | #4,749 | 28 |
| 2010 | #8,672 | 14 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #3,352 | 15 |
| 1950 | #3,410 | 11 |
| 1940 | #1,741 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,368 | 32 |
| 1920 | #1,402 | 33 |
| 1910 | #938 | 22 |
| 1900 | #799 | 22 |
| 1890 | #1,198 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Vella, counting every spelling?
Vella is the most common spelling of a name family that had 44 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 44 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vella | 27 | #4,977 | 112 |
| Vela | 17 | #6,813 | 108 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Vella?
27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Vella (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Vella born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Vella.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Vella?
About 700 people born in the US named Vella are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 9 and 76. That makes Vella mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Vella: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Vella, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Vella
How popular is the name Vella?
Vella was the 4977th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 574th; the most babies were born in 1915 (53). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,273 places. More babies were named Vella in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Vella a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Vella in the US.