Holding steady, #13,208 for girls today.
Popularity of Izella since 1903
Babies named Izella per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1921, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Izella's real moment was 1911.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 |
| 1910s | 90 |
| 1920s | 90 |
| 1930s | 62 |
| 1940s | 41 |
| 1950s | 31 |
| 1960s | 20 |
| 1970s | 5 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 14 |
| 2010s | 29 |
| 2020s | 30 |
Meaning & origin
Izella is an uncommon American feminine name that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1903. Its peak usage came in 1911, when it ranked highest among a handful of births, and since then it has remained extremely rare. In 2025, the name ranked 13,208, with only about 1 in 267,878 baby girls receiving it. Izella's trajectory has been stable over recent decades, never experiencing a revival. The name likely originated as a blend of Isabella and Ella, reflecting early 20th-century naming trends that favored melodic, constructed names. Though it lacks a clear etymological meaning, its sound echoes other -ella suffix names of the era, such as Mabel and Thelma, which were also popular in the 1910s.
Izella is a 20th-century American coinage, likely formed as a combination of the popular prefix Iz- (from names like Isabella or Izzy) with the fashionable suffix -ella. It first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1903 and saw modest use during the 1910s, peaking in 1911. Its exact derivation remains unclear, but it fits a pattern of creative feminine names that emerged in the early 1900s.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Izzy, Ella, Zella
Sibling names for Izella
Names that share Izella's style, for a brother or sister.
