NameTides

Luella

Luella was the #778 girls' name in the US in 2025 (349 babies), and #642 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Luella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Luella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Luella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#778 (349)#642 (60)——#916 (30)
2024#823 (334)#547 (71)#638 (4)—#917 (30)
2023#928 (286)#706 (51)——#1,254 (19)
2022#997 (262)#796 (45)#760 (3)—#1,727 (12)
2021#923 (288)#699 (54)—#883 (3)#1,185 (21)
2020#972 (262)#955 (36)——#1,428 (16)
2019#936 (282)#823 (45)——#1,600 (14)
2018#953 (278)#1,013 (35)——#1,996 (10)
2017#910 (294)#982 (37)——#1,230 (20)
2016#1,203 (206)#975 (37)——#2,040 (10)
2015#1,337 (177)#1,114 (31)——#1,757 (12)
2014#1,502 (148)#1,272 (26)——#2,185 (9)
2013#1,705 (122)#1,360 (24)——#2,204 (9)
2012#1,859 (108)#1,428 (22)——#2,158 (9)
2011#2,073 (93)#1,149 (29)——#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #120.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Luella is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 5,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Luella by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #253WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #202MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #424MINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #273ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #160SDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #577INOhio: #592OHPennsylvania: #725PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Luella (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#82314

Luella (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LuellaCanadaGirls#91630
LuellaEngland & WalesGirls#64260
LuellaIrelandGirls—too few
LuellaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LuellaScotlandGirls—too few
LuellaUSGirls#778349
LuellaUSBoys—too few