Lelia — #5597 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,627 babies named Lelia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lelia currently holds the #5597 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 316 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lelia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,688 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 1,260 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Lelia in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lelia 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 15,627 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.