Clella
Recorded 1885–1958 · United States
Clella was most popular in 1915, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,135 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 887 people named Clella.
Clella over time
How old is the name Clella?
Clella first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1885, which makes it about 140 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 68 of the 141 years since. It was last recorded in 1958.
How many people are named Clella?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 887 American births named Clella between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 111 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Clella in 2025?
Clella was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Clella a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Clella is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 887 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Clella?
Roughly 111 Americans named Clella are alive today — 13% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 83 years old, and half are between 77 and 89. That is a narrow band: Clella arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org