Leela
#2,627 most common girls' name of all time · #4,480 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1898–2025
Rank among girls
#2,627
Rank overall
#4,480 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
4,545
Since 2016
1,928
Peak year
2016 #1,106
Best rank
#1,088 2013
Girls
Boys
peak 232/yr
Leela first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,282 |
| 2024 | 185 | — | 185 | #1,259 |
| 2023 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,279 |
| 2022 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,319 |
| 2021 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,286 |
| 2020 | 194 | — | 194 | #1,195 |
| 2019 | 192 | — | 192 | #1,223 |
| 2018 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,206 |
| 2017 | 217 | — | 217 | #1,144 |
| 2016 | 232 | — | 232 | #1,106 |
| 2015 | 207 | — | 207 | #1,204 |
| 2014 | 218 | — | 218 | #1,144 |
| 2013 | 227 | — | 227 | #1,088 |
| 2012 | 209 | — | 209 | #1,174 |
| 2011 | 201 | — | 201 | #1,198 |
| 2010 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,604 |
| 2009 | 141 | — | 141 | #1,594 |
| 2008 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,665 |
| 2007 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,728 |
| 2006 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,703 |
| 2005 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,383 |
| 2004 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,426 |
| 2003 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,399 |
| 2002 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,108 |
| 2001 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,428 |
| 2000 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,218 |
| 1999 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,101 |
| 1998 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,616 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,654 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,803 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,712 |
| 1994 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,390 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,994 |
| 1992 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,084 |
| 1991 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,425 |
| 1990 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,026 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,107 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,636 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,005 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,570 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,883 |
| 1984 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,539 |
| 1983 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,831 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,535 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,606 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,012 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,656 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,712 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,972 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,407 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,550 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,499 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,771 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,544 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,192 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,179 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,527 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,258 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,560 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,123 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,410 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,398 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,757 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,800 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,698 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,860 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,786 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,560 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,118 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,956 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,942 |