Lelia

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births

Peak · girls
#163
1882 · 95 births
Debut · girls
1880
65 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,645
since 1880

Lelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lelia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #163, 1882girls
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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#6,54617
2024#5,61522
2023#4,27633
2022#4,67129
2021#4,24533
2020#3,84137
2019#5,30624
2018#3,73940
2017#4,57630
2016#4,25034
2015#3,84239
2014#5,31025
2013#4,07636
2012#3,91539
2011#3,72341
2010#3,88939
2009#4,67731
2008#4,26836
2007#4,47533
2006#3,61743
2005#3,73039
2004#3,74838
2003#3,29144
2002#4,62126
2001#4,10730
2000#3,80833
1999#3,97029
1998#4,23826
1997#4,00727
1996#4,88320
1995#5,22118
1994#5,98415
1993#3,87727
1992#3,50331
1991#3,44331
1990#3,71428
1989#3,56628
1988#3,30629
1987#3,74323
1986#2,77934
1985#2,74934
1984#2,67734
1983#2,72132
1982#2,83032
1981#3,43624
1980#2,94030
1979#2,62134
1978#2,85928
1977#2,34138
1976#2,66429
1975#2,19638
1974#2,17237
1973#2,12737
1972#2,02239
1971#2,42731
1970#1,82848
1969#2,02338
1968#1,64749
1967#1,70245
1966#1,41660
1965#1,35066
1964#1,24079
1963#1,27175
1962#1,24778
1961#1,13693
1960#1,052104
1959#1,11093
1958#1,06996
1957#958116
1956#1,04396
1955#873124
1954#884118
1953#832124
1952#870112
1951#789127
1950#827111
1949#665156
1948#708139
1947#722139
1946#658145
1945#665123
1944#631134
1943#624147
1942#645134
1941#542170
1940#562152
1939#535154
1938#537160
1937#547149
1936#538146
1935#485169
1934#510159
1933#486170
1932#475193
1931#488175
1930#475199
1929#490188
1928#435241
1927#443241
1926#412272
1925#397295
1924#392304
1923#393287
1922#380295
1921#398289
1920#397276
1919#359316
1918#370308
1917#383273
1916#386265
1915#363272
1914#351226
1913#374165
1912#333186
1911#313159
1910#333138
1909#302142
1908#297141
1907#295141
1906#300124
1905#280139
1904#251156
1903#246149
1902#262140
1901#244138
1900#216206
1899#224148
1898#241149
1897#221152
1896#222153
1895#217157
1894#220146
1893#227133
1892#193171
1891#191141
1890#203137
1889#202131
1888#197128
1887#202102
1886#196102
1885#184104
1884#175102
1883#18184
1882#16395
1881#17674
1880#18665
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lelia was already there! It came in at #186, and was given to 65 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1994–1996, when fewer than 21 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lelia
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 931 spots since 2024 (#5,615 → #6,546)
  • 2,705 spots since 2020 (#3,841 → #6,546)
  • 2,704 spots since 2015 (#3,842 → #6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 85 spots in 1957 (#1,043 → #958)
  • Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1956 (#873 → #1,043)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #163 (95 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,135
  • Highest: 1 in 1,135 girls born in 1882 were named Lelia (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.2% of all girls named Lelia (2,688) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s987#163 (1882)#186
1890s1,487#191 (1891)#216
1900s1,476#216 (1900)#269
1910s2,308#313 (1911)#357
1920s2,688#380 (1922)#414
1930s1,674#475 (1930)#508
1940s1,439#542 (1941)#642
1950s1,117#789 (1951)#926
1960s687#1,052 (1960)#1,408
1970s359#1,828 (1970)#2,326
1980s300#2,677 (1984)#3,075
1990s252#3,443 (1991)#4,284
2000s353#3,291 (2003)#4,034
2010s347#3,723 (2011)#4,263
2020s171#3,841 (2020)#4,866

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.

Lelia in 1926

girls
#412
272 births · 1 in 4,358 girls

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #412Lelia272
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 4,358 of them was named Lelia, which outranked 92.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lelia
  1. #409Adelaide275
  2. #410Hester274
  3. #411Mercedes273
  4. #412Lelia272
  5. #413Bertie271
  6. #413Jannie271
  7. #415Alicia270
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →