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Luella: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 349 in 2025. Its best rank was #120 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #120 in 1881; #780 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Luella in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#780 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #120.
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Luella: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 349 girls in 2025. Peak: #120 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 949 (1918).
In 2025, 349 US girls were named Luella, making it the 780th most common girls’ name of the year, up 44 places from #824 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 334 girls named Luella in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #120, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 949, in 1918. For comparison, it was #1,347 in 2015 and #769 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Luella in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 111 babies with the name. In all, 32,621 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 7,653 babies named Luella.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,841 US girls were named Luella; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 349. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,605 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Luella ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #179 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Louella (13,958 babies since 1880), Lua (1,089 babies since 1880) and Lula (85,587 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lueella are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ella, Lu and Lula.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lueella (17).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 26 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 7 | #179 | — |
| Minnesota | 27 | #207 | #315 |
| Wisconsin | 21 | #261 | #433 |
| Oregon | 13 | #285 | #647 |
| Iowa | 9 | #368 | #668 |
| Michigan | 20 | #431 | #1,081 |
| Missouri | 13 | #467 | #717 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #590 | — |
| Indiana | 11 | #599 | — |
| Ohio | 17 | #611 | #1,599 |
| Kansas | 5 | #641 | — |
| Washington | 10 | #656 | #895 |
| Utah | 6 | #672 | — |
| Kentucky | 6 | #710 | — |
| Arizona | 9 | #726 | #815 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #747 | #1,078 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #860 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #863 | #840 |
| Illinois | 10 | #895 | #1,126 |
| New York | 14 | #1,066 | #1,707 |
| California | 23 | #1,134 | #1,368 |
| Texas | 23 | #1,180 | #3,596 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,218 | — |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,231 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,302 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 349 | #780 | — | — |
| 2024 | 334 | #824 | — | — |
| 2023 | 286 | #930 | — | — |
| 2022 | 262 | #1,001 | — | — |
| 2021 | 288 | #924 | — | — |
| 2020 | 262 | #974 | — | — |
| 2019 | 282 | #938 | — | — |
| 2018 | 278 | #953 | — | — |
| 2017 | 294 | #912 | — | — |
| 2016 | 206 | #1,204 | — | — |
| 2015 | 177 | #1,347 | — | — |
| 2014 | 148 | #1,507 | — | — |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,709 | — | — |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,867 | — | — |
| 2011 | 93 | #2,081 | — | — |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,955 | — | — |
| 2009 | 86 | #2,280 | — | — |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,432 | — | — |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,232 | — | — |
| 2006 | 57 | #3,005 | — | — |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,083 | — | — |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,345 | — | — |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,780 | — | — |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,112 | — | — |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,636 | — | — |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,409 | — | — |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,990 | — | — |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,340 | — | — |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,104 | — | — |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,391 | — | — |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,879 | — | — |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,400 | — | — |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,764 | — | — |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,682 | — | — |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,435 | — | — |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,324 | — | — |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,011 | — | — |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,124 | — | — |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,987 | — | — |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,128 | — | — |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,748 | — | — |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,731 | — | — |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,046 | — | — |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,261 | — | — |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,645 | — | — |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,875 | — | — |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,612 | — | — |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,340 | — | — |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,997 | — | — |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,756 | — | — |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,708 | — | — |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,958 | — | — |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,970 | — | — |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,430 | — | — |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,445 | — | — |
| 1970 | 35 | #2,255 | — | — |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,188 | — | — |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,674 | — | — |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,869 | — | — |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,659 | — | — |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,683 | — | — |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,568 | — | — |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,614 | — | — |
| 1962 | 68 | #1,346 | — | — |
| 1961 | 64 | #1,403 | — | — |
| 1960 | 79 | #1,233 | — | — |
| 1959 | 71 | #1,274 | — | — |
| 1958 | 67 | #1,296 | — | — |
| 1957 | 88 | #1,121 | — | — |
| 1956 | 85 | #1,126 | — | — |
| 1955 | 105 | #973 | — | — |
| 1954 | 101 | #968 | — | — |
| 1953 | 92 | #1,005 | — | — |
| 1952 | 93 | #979 | — | — |
| 1951 | 118 | #826 | — | — |
| 1950 | 127 | #769 | — | — |
| 1949 | 156 | #667 | — | — |
| 1948 | 183 | #612 | — | — |
| 1947 | 157 | #673 | — | — |
| 1946 | 172 | #605 | — | — |
| 1945 | 139 | #617 | — | — |
| 1944 | 181 | #538 | — | — |
| 1943 | 214 | #510 | — | — |
| 1942 | 216 | #509 | — | — |
| 1941 | 236 | #447 | — | — |
| 1940 | 251 | #430 | — | — |
| 1939 | 276 | #405 | — | — |
| 1938 | 294 | #392 | — | — |
| 1937 | 345 | #339 | — | — |
| 1936 | 338 | #340 | — | — |
| 1935 | 363 | #333 | — | — |
| 1934 | 388 | #318 | — | — |
| 1933 | 428 | #293 | — | — |
| 1932 | 495 | #279 | — | — |
| 1931 | 576 | #253 | — | — |
| 1930 | 597 | #255 | — | — |
| 1929 | 660 | #241 | 5 | #4,328 |
| 1928 | 662 | #242 | — | — |
| 1927 | 723 | #242 | — | — |
| 1926 | 639 | #264 | — | — |
| 1925 | 761 | #238 | 6 | #4,009 |
| 1924 | 776 | #235 | — | — |
| 1923 | 821 | #225 | — | — |
| 1922 | 861 | #222 | — | — |
| 1921 | 887 | #216 | — | — |
| 1920 | 852 | #224 | — | — |
| 1919 | 905 | #205 | — | — |
| 1918 | 949 | #203 | — | — |
| 1917 | 842 | #208 | — | — |
| 1916 | 837 | #210 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 1915 | 783 | #211 | — | — |
| 1914 | 604 | #210 | — | — |
| 1913 | 519 | #204 | — | — |
| 1912 | 483 | #200 | — | — |
| 1911 | 352 | #205 | — | — |
| 1910 | 374 | #184 | — | — |
| 1909 | 325 | #183 | — | — |
| 1908 | 336 | #177 | — | — |
| 1907 | 355 | #166 | — | — |
| 1906 | 291 | #174 | — | — |
| 1905 | 287 | #178 | — | — |
| 1904 | 246 | #191 | — | — |
| 1903 | 286 | #170 | — | — |
| 1902 | 262 | #177 | — | — |
| 1901 | 239 | #182 | — | — |
| 1900 | 268 | #192 | — | — |
| 1899 | 246 | #174 | — | — |
| 1898 | 261 | #180 | — | — |
| 1897 | 206 | #192 | — | — |
| 1896 | 230 | #180 | — | — |
| 1895 | 227 | #178 | — | — |
| 1894 | 228 | #175 | — | — |
| 1893 | 199 | #179 | — | — |
| 1892 | 207 | #176 | — | — |
| 1891 | 163 | #184 | — | — |
| 1890 | 184 | #175 | — | — |
| 1889 | 172 | #171 | — | — |
| 1888 | 171 | #168 | — | — |
| 1887 | 127 | #179 | — | — |
| 1886 | 136 | #172 | — | — |
| 1885 | 131 | #161 | — | — |
| 1884 | 158 | #139 | — | — |
| 1883 | 120 | #151 | — | — |
| 1882 | 117 | #149 | — | — |
| 1881 | 141 | #120 | — | — |
| 1880 | 111 | #140 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).