Lela
Rank in 2025
#2368
recorded as girls
Down 165 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
76
girls 76
Peak year
1897
438 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
43,073
since 1880
Born a Lela? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Lela was most popular in 1897, when 438 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 76 babies were named Lela, ranking #2368 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 28%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | 2368 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 86 | 2203 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 89 | 2142 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 100 | 1961 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 111 | 1816 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 109 | 1808 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 116 | 1763 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 139 | 1554 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 142 | 1545 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 150 | 1512 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 147 | 1526 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 152 | 1471 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 156 | 1440 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 178 | 1322 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 142 | 1540 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 145 | 1536 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 161 | 1444 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 157 | 1486 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 176 | 1370 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 152 | 1462 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 143 | 1471 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 134 | 1498 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 122 | 1579 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 106 | 1720 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 111 | 1641 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 118 | 1533 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 92 | 1738 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 63 | 2244 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 63 | 2174 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 76 | 1898 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 57 | 2309 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 52 | 2432 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 72 | 1942 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 56 | 2318 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 80 | 1779 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 76 | 1862 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 67 | 1925 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 66 | 1863 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 84 | 1519 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 75 | 1588 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 94 | 1373 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 90 | 1343 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 104 | 1220 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 92 | 1345 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 110 | 1193 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 82 | 1474 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 106 | 1226 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 105 | 1194 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 101 | 1206 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 93 | 1216 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 85 | 1301 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 101 | 1143 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 127 | 947 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 106 | 1079 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 112 | 1074 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 132 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 106 | 1066 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 133 | 893 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 103 | 1011 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 126 | 897 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 147 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 166 | 811 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 168 | 801 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 165 | 814 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 195 | 744 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 169 | 786 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 207 | 696 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 216 | 673 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 209 | 684 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 238 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 244 | 588 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 250 | 562 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 248 | 555 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 270 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 234 | 550 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 266 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 356 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 323 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 323 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 301 | 445 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 326 | 394 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 328 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 344 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 371 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 355 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 335 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 359 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 384 | 320 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1937 | 418 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 407 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 427 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 466 | 284 | 5 | 3679 |
| 1933 | 510 | 273 | 6 | 3268 |
| 1932 | 504 | 275 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 558 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 586 | 259 | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | 631 | 252 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 659 | 243 | 6 | 3697 |
| 1927 | 682 | 250 | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | 721 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 818 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 863 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 816 | 226 | 6 | 3822 |
| 1922 | 865 | 220 | 7 | 3532 |
| 1921 | 907 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 878 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 898 | 207 | 6 | 3736 |
| 1918 | 896 | 209 | 6 | 3728 |
| 1917 | 828 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 888 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 774 | 213 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 647 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 595 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 523 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 489 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 469 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 414 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 411 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 453 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 447 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 465 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 431 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 420 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 459 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 443 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 530 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 417 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 459 | 115 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 438 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 425 | 113 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 388 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 413 | 113 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 358 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 353 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 337 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 304 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 268 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 292 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 207 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 230 | 122 | 5 | 959 |
| 1885 | 168 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 213 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 163 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 143 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 125 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 106 | 141 | <5 | — |
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Where Lela is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years