Lelana — girls' name
15 babies named Lelana in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
15 girls have been named Lelana since 1962, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 2004.
- 15
- total births
- 1962–2004
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Lelana was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Lelana in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lelana
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Lelana between 1962 and 2004, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lelana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lelana performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lelana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lelana 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 15 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.
Lelana at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lelana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1962
- Peak year (1962)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
15 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 5 births in a single year.
Lelana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Lelana's all-time total
Lelana decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Lelana's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% 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, 1962–2004 (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.