Is Vella a boy or girl name?
Vella is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 25 girls and 0 boys were named Vella, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 2,255 US babies named Vella were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,268
- Babies named Vella since 1882
- 2,255
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 53 babies
Boys and girls named Vella, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 66 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 124 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 185 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 393 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 410 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 304 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 198 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 154 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 68 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 11 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 7 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000s | 0 | 34 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 188 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 113 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 25 | #5,268 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 19 | #6,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 18 | #6,669 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 28 | #4,747 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 25 | #5,301 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 19 | #6,504 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 22 | #5,809 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 20 | #6,385 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 17 | #7,249 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 16 | #7,616 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 21 | #6,240 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 19 | #6,853 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 15 | #8,167 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 14 | #8,670 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 11 | #10,634 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 11 | #10,769 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 7 | #15,389 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 5 | #19,056 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 7 | #9,204 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,751 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,247 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 6 | #6,771 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 5 | #7,576 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 6 | #6,507 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 7 | #5,985 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 10 | #4,525 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 7 | #5,827 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 12 | #4,004 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 15 | #3,350 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 18 | #2,865 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,254 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,922 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,769 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,707 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 15 | #2,916 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 14 | #3,034 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,387 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,410 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,124 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 26 | #1,942 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 14 | #2,732 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 23 | #1,792 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,285 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,244 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,204 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 22 | #1,747 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 22 | #1,741 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 34 | #1,265 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 30 | #1,353 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 21 | #1,688 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 28 | #1,415 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 37 | #1,187 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 31 | #1,308 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 34 | #1,264 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,174 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 32 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,157 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,133 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 39 | #1,276 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,276 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 35 | #1,374 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,082 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 31 | #1,489 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,229 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,055 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 33 | #1,402 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,039 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,004 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,064 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 48 | #1,004 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 53 | #914 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,000 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 30 | #1,000 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 35 | #859 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 23 | #930 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 22 | #938 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 20 | #933 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 26 | #767 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 20 | #869 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 16 | #960 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 18 | #899 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 20 | #835 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 19 | #810 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,128 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 13 | #959 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 22 | #799 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 15 | #874 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 13 | #1,007 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 13 | #929 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 16 | #840 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 14 | #891 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,229 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 11 | #953 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 15 | #792 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 12 | #837 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,198 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 10 | #898 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,463 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 9 | #855 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 10 | #776 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 15 | #574 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 11 | #679 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 6 | #898 |
Highest rank
Vella has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #574 in 1885. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.