Lelah — #10255 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lelah

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,177 babies named Lelah between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lelah currently holds the #10255 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lelah performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 309 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lelah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lelah in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lelah 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 2,177 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.