How Many People Are Named Lela?
people named Lela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,789 people in the US has this name
Based on 43,073 babies named Lela in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
907 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of LEILA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lela alive today is about 52 years old, and 49% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 23 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lela first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 907 babies. In 2025, 76 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #113, in 1894 and 1896. In 2025 it ranked #2,374.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,374 |
| Best rank | #113 (1894 and 1896) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #232 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lela were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,179 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lela was given 3.3 times as often in Mississippi, 2.8 times in Oklahoma and 2.7 times in Alabama.
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