Suella

Girls' name

Blend of Sue and Ella

Suella has been given to 405 babies in the U.S. since 1907. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1948, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Suella, 1983

1 in 693,000

Suella over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Suella: meaning, origin, and history

Blend of Sue and Ella

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Suella means

Suella is a blend of Sue and Ella.

Origin, language, and formation

Suella is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sue and Ella.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 405 girls were recorded with the name Suella between 1907 and 1983. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1948; its best national rank was #2,195 in 1942.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Suella?

Suella had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1983, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1983: 1 in 693,000; 5 of 3,463,011 births
Among girls only: 1 in 334,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1983: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 480,076 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Suella sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1983 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 480,076 children born in 1983 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Suella. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Suellas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Suella was born before 1946 — so the typical Suella is around 79 today.

Median birth year: 1946; About 79 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 36.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 18.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 145; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 36.0% of all recorded uses (146).

Is Suella rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1948 (19)
Years since peak: 77; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,195; 1942

Spellings of Suella

Suella is not the most common spelling — Ella is, with 27.5% against Suella's 0.03%.

Ella27.5%351,313
Sheila18.7%238,774
Stella16.2%206,906
Shelly6.6%84,420
Bella6.6%83,721
Della5.5%70,810
Shelia3.7%47,780
Estella3.4%42,920

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Suella around the world

Where Suella ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2023–2023
#5,688
in 2023
France
1995–1995
#2,931
in 1995
South Australia
1970–1983
#686
in 1983

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Suella by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,195; 1942
Peak year: 1948; 19 that year
First recorded: 1907
Last recorded: 1983
All-time count: 405
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Suella

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Suetta Izella Anella Arella Zoella Isella Odella Suede Aviella Nyella Aryella Sueanne Ciella Marella Kalla Abella Annella Savilla Cirilla Aylla Cyrilla Riella Suellyn Lylla

Sibling names for Suella

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Karon Carlotta Mickey Peggie Delois Janey Ernestina Cheryle

For a brother

Felton Lon Donn Linwood Fredric Lanny Lupe Williams

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