Leala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lee-AH-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Leala is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Leala come from?
Modern: variant of Lela or Leila
Is Leala a girl's or a boy's name?
Leala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leala in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leala in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Leala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Leala, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
2025 had fewer girls named Leala than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Leala in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
Names like Leala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliza Ella Isabella Lyla Lily Matilda Luna Ava Isabelle Bella Emma Sophia
Names related to Leala
More Modern names
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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, “Leala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leala, updated 20 October 2026.