Lela
#665 most common girls' name of all time · #1,216 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#665
Rank overall
#1,216 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
43,073
Since 2016
1,118
Peak year
1921 #212
Best rank
#113 1894
Girls
Boys
peak 907/yr
Lela is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 86 | — | 86 | #2,203 |
| 2023 | 89 | — | 89 | #2,142 |
| 2022 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,962 |
| 2021 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,816 |
| 2020 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,808 |
| 2019 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,763 |
| 2018 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,554 |
| 2017 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,546 |
| 2016 | 150 | — | 150 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,526 |
| 2014 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,471 |
| 2013 | 156 | — | 156 | #1,440 |
| 2012 | 178 | — | 178 | #1,322 |
| 2011 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,540 |
| 2010 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,536 |
| 2009 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,444 |
| 2008 | 157 | — | 157 | #1,486 |
| 2007 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,370 |
| 2006 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,462 |
| 2005 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,471 |
| 2004 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,499 |
| 2003 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,579 |
| 2002 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,720 |
| 2001 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,641 |
| 2000 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,533 |
| 1999 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,738 |
| 1998 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,245 |
| 1997 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,175 |
| 1996 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,899 |
| 1995 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,309 |
| 1994 | 52 | — | 52 | #2,432 |
| 1993 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,942 |
| 1992 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,318 |
| 1991 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,779 |
| 1990 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,863 |
| 1989 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,925 |
| 1988 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,864 |
| 1987 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,519 |
| 1986 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,588 |
| 1985 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,374 |
| 1984 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,343 |
| 1983 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,220 |
| 1982 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,345 |
| 1981 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,193 |
| 1980 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,474 |
| 1979 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,227 |
| 1978 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,195 |
| 1977 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,206 |
| 1976 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,217 |
| 1975 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,301 |
| 1974 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,143 |
| 1973 | 127 | — | 127 | #947 |
| 1972 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,079 |
| 1971 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,074 |
| 1970 | 132 | — | 132 | #961 |
| 1969 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,067 |
| 1968 | 133 | — | 133 | #893 |
| 1967 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,011 |
| 1966 | 126 | — | 126 | #897 |
| 1965 | 147 | — | 147 | #819 |
| 1964 | 166 | — | 166 | #811 |
| 1963 | 168 | — | 168 | #801 |
| 1962 | 165 | — | 165 | #814 |
| 1961 | 195 | — | 195 | #744 |
| 1960 | 169 | — | 169 | #786 |
| 1959 | 207 | — | 207 | #696 |
| 1958 | 216 | — | 216 | #673 |
| 1957 | 209 | — | 209 | #684 |
| 1956 | 238 | — | 238 | #620 |
| 1955 | 244 | — | 244 | #588 |
| 1954 | 250 | — | 250 | #562 |
| 1953 | 248 | — | 248 | #555 |
| 1952 | 270 | — | 270 | #514 |
| 1951 | 234 | — | 234 | #550 |
| 1950 | 266 | — | 266 | #493 |
| 1949 | 356 | — | 356 | #417 |
| 1948 | 323 | — | 323 | #444 |
| 1947 | 323 | — | 323 | #455 |
| 1946 | 301 | — | 301 | #445 |
| 1945 | 326 | — | 326 | #394 |
| 1944 | 328 | — | 328 | #390 |
| 1943 | 344 | — | 344 | #392 |
| 1942 | 371 | — | 371 | #365 |
| 1941 | 355 | — | 355 | #349 |
| 1940 | 335 | — | 335 | #352 |
| 1939 | 359 | — | 359 | #333 |
| 1938 | 384 | 6 | 390 | #320 |
| 1937 | 418 | — | 418 | #302 |
| 1936 | 407 | — | 407 | #301 |
| 1935 | 427 | — | 427 | #290 |
| 1934 | 466 | 5 | 471 | #284 |
| 1933 | 510 | 6 | 516 | #273 |
| 1932 | 504 | — | 504 | #276 |
| 1931 | 558 | — | 558 | #259 |
| 1930 | 586 | 5 | 591 | #259 |
| 1929 | 631 | 5 | 636 | #252 |
| 1928 | 659 | 6 | 665 | #243 |
| 1927 | 682 | 5 | 687 | #250 |
| 1926 | 721 | — | 721 | #244 |
| 1925 | 818 | — | 818 | #228 |
| 1924 | 863 | — | 863 | #223 |
| 1923 | 816 | 6 | 822 | #226 |
| 1922 | 865 | 7 | 872 | #221 |
| 1921 | 907 | — | 907 | #212 |
| 1920 | 878 | — | 878 | #218 |
| 1919 | 898 | 6 | 904 | #207 |
| 1918 | 896 | 6 | 902 | #209 |
| 1917 | 828 | — | 828 | #212 |
| 1916 | 888 | — | 888 | #199 |
| 1915 | 774 | — | 774 | #213 |
| 1914 | 647 | — | 647 | #202 |
| 1913 | 595 | — | 595 | #188 |
| 1912 | 523 | — | 523 | #184 |
| 1911 | 489 | — | 489 | #162 |
| 1910 | 469 | — | 469 | #161 |
| 1909 | 414 | — | 414 | #161 |
| 1908 | 411 | — | 411 | #161 |
| 1907 | 453 | — | 453 | #144 |
| 1906 | 447 | — | 447 | #138 |
| 1905 | 465 | — | 465 | #135 |
| 1904 | 431 | — | 431 | #135 |
| 1903 | 420 | — | 420 | #133 |
| 1902 | 459 | — | 459 | #125 |
| 1901 | 443 | — | 443 | #117 |
| 1900 | 530 | — | 530 | #122 |
| 1899 | 417 | — | 417 | #116 |
| 1898 | 459 | — | 459 | #116 |
| 1897 | 438 | — | 438 | #116 |
| 1896 | 425 | — | 425 | #113 |
| 1895 | 388 | — | 388 | #121 |
| 1894 | 413 | — | 413 | #113 |
| 1893 | 358 | — | 358 | #121 |
| 1892 | 353 | — | 353 | #125 |
| 1891 | 337 | — | 337 | #119 |
| 1890 | 304 | — | 304 | #128 |
| 1889 | 268 | — | 268 | #133 |
| 1888 | 292 | — | 292 | #127 |
| 1887 | 207 | — | 207 | #131 |
| 1886 | 230 | 5 | 235 | #123 |
| 1885 | 168 | — | 168 | #139 |
| 1884 | 213 | — | 213 | #120 |
| 1883 | 163 | — | 163 | #126 |
| 1882 | 143 | — | 143 | #127 |
| 1881 | 125 | — | 125 | #127 |
| 1880 | 106 | — | 106 | #142 |