Leelu — girls' name
58 babies named Leelu in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
58 girls have been named Leelu since 2002, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 58
- total births
- 2002–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Leelu was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Leelu in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leelu
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Leelu between 2002 and 2025, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leelu currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leelu performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leelu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leelu 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 58 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.
Leelu at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leelu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2002
- Peak year (2011)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
58 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 11 births in a single year.
Leelu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 32 births that decade — 55% of Leelu's all-time total
Leelu decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leelu's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.