Leela
Leela is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 185 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1850.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2016232 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1898
- 4,369people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,369 girls have been named Leela in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 232 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 47%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Leela | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 16 | |
| 1950s | 17 | |
| 1960s | 47 | |
| 1970s | 109 | |
| 1980s | 158 | |
| 1990s | 194 | |
| 2000s | 864 | |
| 2010s | 2,033 | |
| 2020s | 916 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Leela was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2016 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Leela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harmonypeak 2015
- Avnipeak 2020
- Presleypeak 2014
- Laylapeak 2019
- Ellisonpeak 2021
- Sofiapeak 2015
- Layapeak 2019
- Karmynpeak 2015
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.