Meaning and history
Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio created Ornella for his novel La Figlia di Jorio (1904), deriving it from Tuscan ornello, meaning "flowering ash tree."
20062006: 8 births, rank #12,420
2007: 7 births, rank #13,924
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 8 births, rank #12,429
2010: 8 births, rank #12,276
20112011: 7 births, rank #13,347
2012: 8 births, rank #12,199
2013: 12 births, rank #9,036
2014: 7 births, rank #13,069
2015: 9 births, rank #10,866
20162016: 6 births, rank #14,331
2017: 10 births, rank #9,943
2018: 10 births, rank #9,806
2019: 5 births, rank #15,539
2020: 8 births, rank #11,090
20212021: 11 births, rank #8,978
2022: 6 births, rank #13,592
2023: 8 births, rank #11,169
2024: 7 births, rank #12,161
20252025: 6 births, rank #13,208
In 2025, 6 babies were recorded with the name Ornella, ranking #13,208 among girls.