Lela
Lela is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 86 births. Its best rank was 113th, in 1894, 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 860.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921907 births
- Best rank
- #113first in 1894
- Since 1880
- 42,926people given the name
The story in the numbers
42,926 girls have been named Lela in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 907 births.
The name has all but left use: 86 births in 2024, against 907 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1924, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 90 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lela | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,915 | |
| 1890s | 3,892 | |
| 1900s | 4,473 | |
| 1910s | 7,007 | |
| 1920s | 7,840 | |
| 1930s | 4,619 | |
| 1940s | 3,362 | |
| 1950s | 2,382 | |
| 1960s | 1,478 | |
| 1970s | 1,068 | |
| 1980s | 864 | |
| 1990s | 687 | |
| 2000s | 1,379 | |
| 2010s | 1,465 | |
| 2020s | 495 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Lela was the 212th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Lela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maepeak 1918
- Alphapeak 1916
- Ivapeak 1918
- Venapeak 1919
- Altapeak 1918
- Onapeak 1916
- Floridapeak 1925
- Dessiepeak 1918
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.