How rare is the name Lelia?

4,819 people in the United States have the first name Lelia, about 1 in 62,675. It ranks #4,028 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LELIA

#4,028

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,819
About
1 in 62,675
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,819 people named Lelia, 54% reported their origin as White, 29.7% as Black and 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lelia peaked in 1919, when 316 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1919
Births that year
316
In 2025*
17 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,645 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lelia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #326. The largest share of babies named Lelia, 37.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#326987
1890s#3311,487
1900s#4211,476
1910s#6582,308
1920s#7662,688
1930s#9281,674
1940s#1,1441,439
1950s#1,5801,117
1960s#2,174687
1970s#3,621359
1980s#4,837300
1990s#6,860252
2000s#6,799353
2010s#7,239347
2020s#8,197171
Before 190117.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2737.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.9%
Baby boom 1946–6413.6%
Generation X 1965–804.1%
Millennials 1981–962.8%
Generation Z 1997–123.5%
2013 and later2.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lelia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lelia has been most common in Virginia (7.1×), Louisiana (4.3×), and Alabama (4.3×), and least common in Michigan (0.15×).

7,708 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Lelia

#4,026 Charisse · 4,823#4,027 Stetson · 4,822#4,029 Nannette · 4,813#4,030 Evalyn · 4,812

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lelia, most common first.

#2,159 Lela · 12,330#32,182 Lella · 263#51,342 Leli · 114#51,501 Lelie · 113

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