Luella
Luella is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Luella
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Luella is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Luella
Luella first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 111 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 949 births, good for #202 nationwide. About 23% of every Luella on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Luella ranks #832 for baby girls with 328 births, gradually rising (+9%). All told, over 33K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Luella
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Luella. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Luella
Luella is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 33K births in the dataset. Luella's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #120. Use the chart and map above to compare Luella's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.