Lelah

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births

Peak · girls
#473
1893 · 32 births
Debut · girls
1881
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,187
since 1881

Lelah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lelah has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #473, 1893girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024#10,2719
2023#7,64014
2022#7,63114
2021#8,46412
2020#6,92316
2019#9,73610
2018#5,61922
2017#7,84014
2016#6,40119
2015#6,23620
2014#6,20720
2013#9,03612
2012#6,11021
2011#6,56419
2010#5,97722
2009#6,31721
2008#5,27927
2007#5,89523
2006#5,23326
2005#4,70428
2004#7,07716
2003#11,3258
2002#10,2469
2001#11,0208
2000#10,7458
1999#12,6886
1998—
1997—
1996#8,13210
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992#10,4797
1991#10,2717
1990—
1989#12,3625
1988#7,6919
1987#7,3539
1986#9,5456
1985—
1984#6,8109
1983—
1982#8,2247
1981#10,4115
1980#6,7899
1979#10,2105
1978#9,7505
1977#5,88810
1976—
1975#5,51610
1974#6,2588
1973#7,4356
1972#5,4809
1971#8,3245
1970#7,0706
1969#5,9747
1968—
1967#6,0426
1966#5,8096
1965#6,5395
1964—
1963—
1962#6,5785
1961#5,8516
1960#5,1687
1959—
1958#6,1035
1957#6,0865
1956#5,3256
1955#5,8285
1954#5,1486
1953#3,9559
1952#5,5635
1951#3,7149
1950—
1949#3,8928
1948#4,2057
1947#4,7646
1946#3,6658
1945#3,1329
1944#4,0546
1943#3,4938
1942#3,4448
1941#3,0309
1940#2,29713
1939#2,73610
1938#2,02116
1937#2,44812
1936#2,26313
1935#2,00616
1934#1,91317
1933#1,65821
1932#1,52025
1931#1,59423
1930#1,81520
1929#1,70422
1928#1,89720
1927#1,36235
1926#1,51429
1925#1,40933
1924#1,72325
1923#1,46431
1922#1,26938
1921#1,25838
1920#1,31235
1919#1,13342
1918#1,45129
1917#1,07943
1916#1,16737
1915#1,01243
1914#1,26224
1913#1,04027
1912#1,14321
1911#1,03118
1910#85925
1909#99017
1908#1,13513
1907#94516
1906#84519
1905#82520
1904#68226
1903#68024
1902#68824
1901#74719
1900#61133
1899#59327
1898#49139
1897#50933
1896#65123
1895#57827
1894#56826
1893#47332
1892#49830
1891#47529
1890#49128
1889#51624
1888#57219
1887#53717
1886#57215
1885#50018
1884#61412
1883#53613
1882#56011
1881#53910
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Lelah! It came in at #539, and was given to 10 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lelah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 814 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #9,457)
  • 2,534 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #9,457)
  • 3,221 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1909 (#1,135 → #990)
  • Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1908 (#945 → #1,135)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1893 at #473 (32 births)
  • Births halved by 1907, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1881–1907
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,396
  • Highest: 1 in 6,396 girls born in 1891 were named Lelah (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #473 in 1893, was only 1 in 6,653 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 14.1% of all girls named Lelah (309) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s139#500 (1885)#550
1890s294#473 (1893)#533
1900s211#611 (1900)#815
1910s309#859 (1910)#1,118
1920s306#1,258 (1921)#1,491
1930s173#1,520 (1932)#1,997
1940s82#2,297 (1940)#3,598
1950s50#3,714 (1951)#5,215
1960s42#5,168 (1960)#5,994
1970s64#5,480 (1972)#7,326
1980s59#6,789 (1980)#8,648
1990s30#8,132 (1996)#10,393
2000s174#4,704 (2005)#7,784
2010s179#5,619 (2018)#6,973
2020s75#6,923 (2020)#8,398

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lelah in 1888

girls
#572
19 births · 1 in 9,401 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #572Lelah19
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 9,401 of them was named Lelah, which outranked 61.2% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lelah
  1. #558Rubie20
  2. #558Tommie20
  3. #558Vena20
  4. #572Lelah19
  5. #572Adella19
  6. #572Alida19
  7. #572Annabelle19
  8. #593Abigail18
  9. #593Christena18
  10. #593Ebba18

Tied with 20 names at #572; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1888 →