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“Variant of Louella — Famous in battle” — Frankish via French origin
Girl's name · #780 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Luella was #120 in 1881, slipped to #12764 by 1993, and has climbed back to #780 today. About 33,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. In South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin it runs 5–6× its national rate.
Around the world: about 1 in 4,200 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 4,400 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 29 notable people named Luella:
Artists & writers appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Luella Dowd Smith, American author (1847–1941).
Similar names: Louella · Etta · Lula · Della · Belle · Estella
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