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How popular is the name Fenella?
Births per year, rank history and how many Fenellas are alive today.
Fenella (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2788th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 26 babies were given the name, the 848th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2006, with 24 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak.
The Fenella you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Fenellas born in England and Wales are between 16 and 32, and there are at least 610 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Fenella - on average, only one in every 517 such rooms contains a Fenella.
How many babies are named Fenella each year?
Where does Fenella rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Fenella most popular?
Fenella peaked in 1996, when 26 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Fenella?
At least 610 people named Fenella born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Fenella?
Most living Fenellas are between 16 and 32; the most common age is about 31.
Is Fenella becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.