Lelia

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births

Peak · girls
1882 · 95 births
Debut · girls
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #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.

Where Lelia is popular in 1943

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #695 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,020 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedINOhio: #626 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,987 girlsOHPennsylvania: #706 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,031 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #731 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,139 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #331 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,369 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedARTennessee: #338 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,210 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #409 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,784 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #256 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,781 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #375 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,054 girlsLAMississippi: #436 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,180 girlsMSAlabama: #338 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,091 girlsALGeorgia: #333 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,811 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lelia, so not publishedHITexas: #964 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,867 girlsTXFlorida: #418 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,167 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#256 · 1 in 1,781
  2. Virginia#331 · 1 in 3,369
  3. Georgia#333 · 1 in 2,811
  4. Alabama#338 · 1 in 3,091
  5. Tennessee#338 · 1 in 3,210

Best ever in a state: #94 in Virginia, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#256141 in 1,781
Virginia#33191 in 3,369
Georgia#333131 in 2,811
Alabama#338111 in 3,091
Tennessee#338101 in 3,210
Louisiana#37591 in 3,054
North Carolina#40991 in 4,784
Florida#41851 in 4,167
Mississippi#43661 in 4,180
Ohio#62651 in 12,987
Illinois#69551 in 14,020
Pennsylvania#70651 in 18,031
California#73171 in 11,139
Texas#96451 in 14,867
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1943

girls
#624
147 births · 1 in 9,492 girls

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #624Lelia147
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 9,492 of them was named Lelia, which outranked 88.4% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lelia
  1. #621Bobby148
  2. #621Charlie148
  3. #621Lessie148
  4. #624Lelia147
  5. #624Cherry147
  6. #624Jeanine147
  7. #624Lona147
  8. #629Elisabeth146
  9. #629Justine146
  10. #631Esperanza145

Tied with 4 names at #624; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 878Tana#1,559 → #681
  2. ↑ 754Rozanne#1,706 → #952
  3. ↑ 722Cheryle#1,592 → #870
  4. ↑ 596Tena#1,592 → #996
  5. ↑ 525Alexis#1,349 → #824
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Florida#997 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 467Jerilynn#581 → #1,048
  3. ↓ 364Lorelei#864 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 308Kaaren#536 → #844
  5. ↓ 305Erna#864 → #1,169

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

See the top 100 for 1943 →