Gelila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ge-LEE-la
- Origin
- Amharic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Gelila is a girls' name of Amharic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Gelila come from?
Amharic: Ethiopian name
Is Gelila a girl's or a boy's name?
Gelila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gelila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Gelila, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gelila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Gelila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
How popular is Gelila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Gelila, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer girls named Gelila than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Gelila in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gelila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Gelila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella, Isla, Mila, Lyra, Luna, Aria, Maeva, Myla, Lyla, Zara, Bella, Sienna
Names related to Gelila
More Amharic names
Amare, Aryam, Mahelet, Nolawi, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Kidus, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit, Kirubel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gelila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gelila, updated 20 October 2026.