How Many People Are Named Lelia?
people named Lelia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 75,532 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,645 babies named Lelia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
316 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian form of LAELIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lelia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lelia alive today is about 57 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 36 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lelia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 316 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lelia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #164, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #6,709.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,709 |
| Best rank | #164 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #413 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lelia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lelia were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 290 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lelia was given 6.7 times as often in Virginia, 3.8 times in Louisiana and 3.1 times in Georgia.
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