Laelah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Laelah

The Social Security Administration has registered 474 babies named Laelah between 2001 and 2023, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laelah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laelah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 297 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Laelah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Laelah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laelah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 474 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.