Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lelah

#4,226 most common girls' name of all time · #7,192 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#4,226
Rank overall
#7,192 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
2,187
Since 2016
140
Peak year
1915 #1,018
Best rank
#481 1891
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lelah first appears in 1881. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 — 10 #9,479
2024 9 — 9 #10,291
2023 14 — 14 #7,649
2022 14 — 14 #7,638
2021 12 — 12 #8,483
2020 16 — 16 #6,929
2019 10 — 10 #9,761
2018 22 — 22 #5,621
2017 14 — 14 #7,856
2016 19 — 19 #6,414
2015 20 — 20 #6,243
2014 20 — 20 #6,219
2013 12 — 12 #9,045
2012 21 — 21 #6,119
2011 19 — 19 #6,573
2010 22 — 22 #5,988
2009 21 — 21 #6,330
2008 27 — 27 #5,288
2007 23 — 23 #5,899
2006 26 — 26 #5,243
2005 28 — 28 #4,717
2004 16 — 16 #7,084
2003 8 — 8 #11,352
2002 9 — 9 #10,263
2001 8 — 8 #11,038
2000 8 — 8 #10,773
1999 6 — 6 #12,722
1996 10 — 10 #8,157
1992 7 — 7 #10,513
1991 7 — 7 #10,305
1989 5 — 5 #12,407
1988 9 — 9 #7,719
1987 9 — 9 #7,382
1986 6 — 6 #9,590
1984 9 — 9 #6,844
1982 7 — 7 #8,265
1981 5 — 5 #10,458
1980 9 — 9 #6,811
1979 5 — 5 #10,257
1978 5 — 5 #9,804
1977 10 — 10 #5,903
1975 10 — 10 #5,547
1974 8 — 8 #6,295
1973 6 — 6 #7,474
1972 9 — 9 #5,500
1971 5 — 5 #8,371
1970 6 — 6 #7,108
1969 7 — 7 #6,015
1967 6 — 6 #6,089
1966 6 — 6 #5,851
1965 5 — 5 #6,586
1962 5 — 5 #6,632
1961 6 — 6 #5,883
1960 7 — 7 #5,200
1958 5 — 5 #6,145
1957 5 — 5 #6,135
1956 6 — 6 #5,367
1955 5 — 5 #5,883
1954 6 — 6 #5,176
1953 9 — 9 #3,981
1952 5 — 5 #5,606
1951 9 — 9 #3,732
1949 8 — 8 #3,918
1948 7 — 7 #4,232
1947 6 — 6 #4,794
1946 8 — 8 #3,693
1945 9 — 9 #3,158
1944 6 — 6 #4,094
1943 8 — 8 #3,521
1942 8 — 8 #3,465
1941 9 — 9 #3,052
1940 13 — 13 #2,323
1939 10 — 10 #2,764
1938 16 — 16 #2,036
1937 12 — 12 #2,470
1936 13 — 13 #2,291
1935 16 — 16 #2,021
1934 17 — 17 #1,934
1933 21 — 21 #1,673
1932 25 — 25 #1,527
1931 23 — 23 #1,601
1930 20 — 20 #1,828
1929 22 — 22 #1,717
1928 20 — 20 #1,911
1927 35 — 35 #1,367
1926 29 — 29 #1,522
1925 33 — 33 #1,414
1924 25 — 25 #1,733
1923 31 — 31 #1,471
1922 38 — 38 #1,271
1921 38 — 38 #1,265
1920 35 — 35 #1,325
1919 42 — 42 #1,139
1918 29 — 29 #1,460
1917 43 — 43 #1,088
1916 37 — 37 #1,177
1915 43 — 43 #1,018
1914 24 — 24 #1,272
1913 27 — 27 #1,053
1912 21 — 21 #1,148
1911 18 — 18 #1,044
1910 25 — 25 #868
1909 17 — 17 #999
1908 13 — 13 #1,161
1907 16 — 16 #965
1906 19 — 19 #858
1905 20 — 20 #836
1904 26 — 26 #690
1903 24 — 24 #690
1902 24 — 24 #708
1901 19 — 19 #759
1900 33 — 33 #620
1899 27 — 27 #604
1898 39 — 39 #499
1897 33 — 33 #518
1896 23 — 23 #666
1895 27 — 27 #594
1894 26 — 26 #582
1893 32 — 32 #484
1892 30 — 30 #501
1891 29 — 29 #481
1890 28 — 28 #497
1889 24 — 24 #530
1888 19 — 19 #591
1887 17 — 17 #557
1886 15 — 15 #603
1885 18 — 18 #518
1884 12 — 12 #636
1883 13 — 13 #559
1882 11 — 11 #594
1881 10 — 10 #579