How Many People Are Named Leela?
people named Leela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 76,427 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,545 babies named Leela in Social Security records from 1898 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
232 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of LILA (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Leela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leela alive today is about 14 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leela first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 2016, to 232 babies. In 2025, 175 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,088, in 2013. In 2025 it ranked #1,282.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,282 |
| Best rank | #1,088 (2013) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,197 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leela were born in California than in any other state: about 650 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leela was given 2 times as often in Massachusetts, 2 times in New York and 1.7 times in California.
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