Lelah Girl
How popular is Lelah?
#9,454 girl name in 2025
10 baby girls were named Lelah in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.
759living people named Lelah (est.)
22median age of people named Lelah
2,187babies named Lelah since 1880
1 in 331,534US babies born in 2025
Lelah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #9,454 for girls (▲ 812 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 10 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,234 in 2015, #6,919 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1915 (43 girls) |
| Highest rank | #473 in 1893 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lelah 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.
Lelah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #500 |
| 1890s | 294 | #473 |
| 1900s | 211 | #611 |
| 1910s | 309 | #859 |
| 1920s | 306 | #1,258 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,520 |
| 1940s | 82 | #2,296 |
| 1950s | 50 | #3,713 |
| 1960s | 42 | #5,167 |
| 1970s | 64 | #5,479 |
| 1980s | 59 | #6,788 |
| 1990s | 30 | #8,127 |
| 2000s | 174 | #4,700 |
| 2010s | 179 | #5,615 |
| 2020s | 75 | #6,919 |
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Questions
- Is Lelah a boy or girl name?
- Lelah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lelah were girls.
- How popular is the name Lelah?
- 10 baby girls were named Lelah in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.
- When was Lelah most popular?
- Lelah peaked in 1915, when 43 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #473 in 1893.
- How many people are named Lelah?
- 2,187 babies have been named Lelah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 759 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
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.