Lelah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Lelah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Lelah mean?
Arabic: probably a spelling of Lela or Leila
“night”
Probably a spelling of Lela, a form of Leila, which comes from Arabic Layla, night.
Is Lelah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lelah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lelah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Lelah, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Lelah in the US since 1880 were born between 1904 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 185 girls in the US were given Lelah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,105, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
- Leela 175
- Lelah 10
Lelah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,593 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,361 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,269 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,258 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,312 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,133 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,451 |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,079 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,167 |
| 1915 | 43 | #1,012 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,262 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,040 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,143 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,031 |
| 1910 | 25 | #859 |
| 1909 | 17 | #990 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 16 | #945 |
| 1906 | 19 | #845 |
| 1905 | 20 | #825 |
| 1904 | 26 | #682 |
| 1903 | 24 | #680 |
| 1902 | 24 | #688 |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 |
| 1900 | 33 | #611 |
| 1899 | 27 | #593 |
| 1898 | 39 | #491 |
| 1897 | 33 | #509 |
| 1896 | 23 | #651 |
| 1895 | 27 | #578 |
| 1894 | 26 | #568 |
| 1893 | 32 | #473 |
| 1892 | 30 | #498 |
| 1891 | 29 | #475 |
| 1890 | 28 | #491 |
| 1889 | 24 | #516 |
| 1888 | 19 | #572 |
| 1887 | 17 | #537 |
| 1886 | 15 | #572 |
| 1885 | 18 | #500 |
| 1884 | 12 | #614 |
| 1883 | 13 | #536 |
| 1882 | 11 | #560 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
Names like Lelah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lottie, Lucy, Lena, Lettie, Elsie, Hattie, Hazel, Lucille, Lillian, Ada, Mabel, Stella
Other spellings of Lelah
Names related to Lelah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Lelah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lelah, updated 20 October 2026.