Girls' name · since 1880
Lelia
Lelia has 15,645 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,548 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,645
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lelia is the #6548 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 15,645 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lelia has been recorded 15,645 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #6548 nationally and more common than 62% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,251 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,548 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,645 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lelia ranks #1,251 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,548 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,645 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,548 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,645
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lelia's 15,645 recorded births place it above 98.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Virginia.
How Lelia compares
15,645 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lelia's all-time total is 42x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,645 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 316 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lelia's full recorded timeline at 1953, 21% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 79% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 15 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 316 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1919)
- 316
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lelia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (2,688 births, 17% of the file).
1920s was Lelia's strongest decade.
2,688 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Lelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 987
1880s
987 births
- 1890s
1890s
1,487 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,476 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,308 births
- 1920s
1920s
2,688 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,674 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,439 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,117 births
- 1960s 687
1960s
687 births
- 1970s 359
1970s
359 births
- 1980s 300
1980s
300 births
- 1990s 252
1990s
252 births
- 2000s 353
2000s
353 births
- 2010s 347
2010s
347 births
- 2020s 171
2020s
171 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 2,688 births (17% of all-time use).
How Lelia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lelia's total volume
Lelia by state
Where Lelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 1,260 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 727 | 4.6% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 670 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 612 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 609 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Texas | | 530 | 3.4% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 431 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 398 | 2.5% |
1,260 of 15,645 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Lelia appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lelia's data
- Lelia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (2,688 total births); usage has since declined to 171 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Virginia records the most Lelias (1,260 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Lelia
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lelia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.