Lela Girl
How popular is Lela?
#2,368 girl name in 2025
76 baby girls were named Lela in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
Lela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,368 for girls (▼ 165 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 76 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,526 in 2015, #1,808 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (907 girls) |
| Highest rank | #113 in 1894 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lela family of names ranked #1,660 for girls in 2025 (#1,532 the year before), with 91 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lela | 76 | 84% |
| Lelah | 10 | 11% |
| Leala | 5 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lela is most popular
Babies named Lela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Lela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,915 | #119 |
| 1890s | 3,892 | #113 |
| 1900s | 4,473 | #117 |
| 1910s | 7,007 | #161 |
| 1920s | 7,840 | #212 |
| 1930s | 4,619 | #259 |
| 1940s | 3,362 | #348 |
| 1950s | 2,382 | #492 |
| 1960s | 1,478 | #744 |
| 1970s | 1,068 | #947 |
| 1980s | 864 | #1,193 |
| 1990s | 687 | #1,736 |
| 2000s | 1,380 | #1,370 |
| 2010s | 1,467 | #1,322 |
| 2020s | 571 | #1,808 |
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Questions
- Is Lela a boy or girl name?
- Lela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lela were girls.
- How popular is the name Lela?
- 76 baby girls were named Lela in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
- When was Lela most popular?
- Lela peaked in 1921, when 907 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #113, held for 2 years starting in 1894.
- How many people are named Lela?
- 43,073 babies have been named Lela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,810 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 61.
- Where is Lela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lela was most common in Tennessee, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.