Girls' name · since 1919
Liela
Liela has 308 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1933 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,683 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
Liela is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 308 have been recorded since 1919.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liela has been recorded 308 times among girls since 1919, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2024.
- #15,683 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 308 born since 1919
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liela ranks #15,683 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 308 born since 1919, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,683 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
Liela's 308 recorded births place it above 78.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Liela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Liela splits its recorded history at 1974: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1933 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Liela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2024
- Peak year (1933)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Liela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Liela's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Liela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
34 births
- 1930s
1930s
67 births
- 1940s
1940s
34 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Liela's data
- Liela's decade-level peak was the 2010s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Liela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1933)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1919–2024 (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 Liela 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.