Name meaning & stats
Nella
Nella. 2,188 US babies since 1940, peak 2022.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
In US birth records
Peak year: 2022
2,188 US babies were named Nella between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Nella (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 43% of the family
- Nella 43%
- Neela 27%
- Nelia 19%
- Nela 9%
- Neelah 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2022)