Laelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-lee-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Laelia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Laelia mean?
Latin: feminine of the Roman family name Laelius
Feminine of Laelius, a Roman family name; Laelia is also a genus of tropical American orchids.
Is Laelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Laelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Laelia, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Laelia in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
Names like Laelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna, Lucia, Emilia, Aria, Livia, Camila, Alessia, Alaia, Luciana, Lorelai, Lyra, Lydia
Names related to Laelia
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from 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, “Laelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laelia, updated 20 October 2026.