Boy or Girl

Is Lelia a boy or girl name?

Lelia is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 22 girls and 0 boys were named Lelia, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 15,627 US babies named Lelia were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#5,698
Babies named Lelia since 1880
15,627
Most popular year
1919
316 babies
Babies named Lelia each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Lelia from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Lelia, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s0987100%
1890s01,487100%
1900s01,476100%
1910s02,308100%
1920s02,688100%
1930s01,674100%
1940s01,439100%
1950s01,117100%
1960s0687100%
1970s0359100%
1980s0299100%
1990s0252100%
2000s0353100%
2010s0347100%
2020s0154100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–22#5,698
20230–33#4,319
20220–29#4,733
20210–33#4,290
20200–37#3,880
20190–24#5,388
20180–40#3,767
20170–30#4,646
20160–34#4,309
20150–39#3,893
20140–25#5,389
20130–36#4,131
20120–39#3,964
20110–41#3,760
20100–39#3,927
20090–31#4,756
20080–36#4,323
20070–33#4,526
20060–43#3,651
20050–39#3,778
20040–38#3,786
20030–44#3,325
20020–26#4,702
20010–30#4,152
20000–33#3,839
19990–29#4,030
19980–26#4,315
19970–27#4,077
19960–20#4,973
19950–18#5,340
19940–15#6,186
19930–27#3,941
19920–31#3,547
19910–31#3,495
19900–28#3,767
19890–28#3,622
19880–29#3,357
19870–23#3,806
19860–34#2,814
19850–34#2,776
19840–34#2,705
19830–32#2,754
19820–31#2,926
19810–24#3,494
19800–30#2,965
19790–34#2,648
19780–28#2,905
19770–38#2,358
19760–29#2,696
19750–38#2,220
19740–37#2,196
19730–37#2,152
19720–39#2,040
19710–31#2,451
19700–48#1,847
19690–38#2,040
19680–49#1,663
19670–45#1,716
19660–60#1,421
19650–66#1,360
19640–79#1,242
19630–75#1,273
19620–78#1,255
19610–93#1,141
19600–104#1,055
19590–93#1,112
19580–96#1,071
19570–116#961
19560–96#1,046
19550–124#874
19540–118#884
19530–124#832
19520–112#873
19510–127#791
19500–111#829
19490–156#666
19480–139#711
19470–139#723
19460–145#661
19450–123#666
19440–134#634
19430–147#626
19420–134#645
19410–170#543
19400–152#563
19390–154#535
19380–160#539
19370–149#549
19360–146#540
19350–169#485
19340–159#510
19330–170#487
19320–193#476
19310–175#488
19300–199#475
19290–188#491
19280–241#436
19270–241#446
19260–272#412
19250–295#397
19240–304#393
19230–287#394
19220–295#380
19210–289#399
19200–276#397
19190–316#359
19180–308#372
19170–273#383
19160–265#387
19150–272#363
19140–226#352
19130–165#376
19120–186#333
19110–159#314
19100–138#333
19090–142#304
19080–141#298
19070–141#295
19060–124#300
19050–139#281
19040–156#251
19030–149#247
19020–140#265
19010–138#245
19000–206#216
18990–148#226
18980–149#241
18970–152#222
18960–153#222
18950–157#218
18940–146#220
18930–133#228
18920–171#193
18910–141#191
18900–137#203
18890–131#202
18880–128#199
18870–102#202
18860–102#196
18850–104#184
18840–102#177
18830–84#181
18820–95#164
18810–74#176
18800–65#188

Highest rank

Lelia has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #164 in 1882. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Lelia

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.