Lelan
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1925 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 924since 1912
Lelan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lelan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | #3,399 | 32 |
| 2008 | #3,823 | 27 |
| 2007 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2006 | #3,227 | 33 |
| 2005 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Lelan! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lelan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lelan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lelan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,584 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #8,243)
- 3,388 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #8,243)
- 3,353 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1925 at #1,935 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 49,415
- Highest: 1 in 49,415 boys born in 2007 were named Lelan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,935 in 1925, was only 1 in 65,642 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 25.3% of all boys named Lelan (234) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | #2,269 (1912) | #3,060 |
| 1920s | 110 | #1,935 (1925) | #2,704 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,214 (1933) | #2,867 |
| 1940s | 58 | #2,030 (1946) | #2,531 |
| 1950s | 61 | #2,558 (1955) | #3,042 |
| 1960s | 25 | #2,858 (1963) | #3,688 |
| 1970s | 16 | #4,505 (1973) | #5,312 |
| 1980s | 24 | #4,552 (1984) | #5,906 |
| 1990s | 27 | #5,942 (1991) | #7,204 |
| 2000s | 170 | #2,811 (2007) | #4,791 |
| 2010s | 234 | #3,582 (2013) | #4,329 |
| 2020s | 90 | #4,118 (2021) | #6,326 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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