Lelah
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · girls
- 1893 · 32 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,187since 1881
Lelah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lelah has never cracked the top 400 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,269 | 38 |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,312 | 35 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 |
| 1915 | #1,012 | 43 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #859 | 25 |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 |
| 1904 | #682 | 26 |
| 1903 | #680 | 24 |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 |
| 1900 | #611 | 33 |
| 1899 | #593 | 27 |
| 1898 | #491 | 39 |
| 1897 | #509 | 33 |
| 1896 | #651 | 23 |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 |
| 1894 | #568 | 26 |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 |
| 1892 | #498 | 30 |
| 1891 | #475 | 29 |
| 1890 | #491 | 28 |
| 1889 | #516 | 24 |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 |
| 1887 | #537 | 17 |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 |
| 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #500 (1885) | #550 |
| 1890s | 294 | #473 (1893) | #533 |
| 1900s | 211 | #611 (1900) | #815 |
| 1910s | 309 | #859 (1910) | #1,118 |
| 1920s | 306 | #1,258 (1921) | #1,491 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,520 (1932) | #1,997 |
| 1940s | 82 | #2,297 (1940) | #3,598 |
| 1950s | 50 | #3,714 (1951) | #5,215 |
| 1960s | 42 | #5,168 (1960) | #5,994 |
| 1970s | 64 | #5,480 (1972) | #7,326 |
| 1980s | 59 | #6,789 (1980) | #8,648 |
| 1990s | 30 | #8,132 (1996) | #10,393 |
| 2000s | 174 | #4,704 (2005) | #7,784 |
| 2010s | 179 | #5,619 (2018) | #6,973 |
| 2020s | 75 | #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 1889
girls
#516
24 births · 1 in 7,432 girls
Top girls' names in 1889
More about 1889
girls
178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 7,432 of them was named Lelah, which outranked 65.1% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).