Lelia
Lelia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 164th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1919316 births
- Best rank
- #164in 1882
- Since 1880
- 15,627people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,627 girls have been named Lelia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 316 births.
The name has all but left use: 22 births in 2024, against 316 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 77 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 987 | |
| 1890s | 1,487 | |
| 1900s | 1,476 | |
| 1910s | 2,308 | |
| 1920s | 2,688 | |
| 1930s | 1,674 | |
| 1940s | 1,439 | |
| 1950s | 1,117 | |
| 1960s | 687 | |
| 1970s | 359 | |
| 1980s | 299 | |
| 1990s | 252 | |
| 2000s | 353 | |
| 2010s | 347 | |
| 2020s | 154 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Lelia was the 359th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1919 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Lelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lilliepeak 1919
- Vinapeak 1920
- Berthapeak 1918
- Mattiepeak 1920
- Bertiepeak 1928
- Olliepeak 1919
- Clarapeak 1918
- Susiepeak 1919
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.