Lelania — girls' name
66 babies named Lelania in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
66 girls have been named Lelania since 1969, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1975.
- 66
- total births
- 1969–1975
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 89%
- born in that decade
89% of everyone ever named Lelania was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Lelania in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lelania
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Lelania between 1969 and 1975, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lelania currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lelania performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lelania shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lelania in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lelania 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 66 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.
Lelania at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lelania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1969
- Peak year (1970)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
66 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 18 births in a single year.
Lelania by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 59 births that decade — 89% of Lelania's all-time total
Lelania decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lelania's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 89% of all-time use.
Lelania by state
Where Lelania concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 7.6% |
5 of 66 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1969–1975 (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.