Meaning and history
Zella is a name of unknown meaning, possibly an invented form, that first appeared in the 19th century.
20062006: 40 births, rank #3,795
2007: 48 births, rank #3,428
2008: 53 births, rank #3,158
2009: 60 births, rank #2,892
2010: 71 births, rank #2,562
20112011: 90 births, rank #2,124
2012: 92 births, rank #2,078
2013: 102 births, rank #1,939
2014: 84 births, rank #2,236
2015: 157 births, rank #1,464
20162016: 156 births, rank #1,472
2017: 160 births, rank #1,422
2018: 166 births, rank #1,360
2019: 162 births, rank #1,383
2020: 124 births, rank #1,654
20212021: 183 births, rank #1,269
2022: 156 births, rank #1,437
2023: 131 births, rank #1,595
2024: 109 births, rank #1,840
20252025: 117 births, rank #1,733
Zella rose from #991 to #958 for girls between 1949 and 1950. Its highest annual birth count came in 1917, with 298 births.