Lelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-lee-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Lelia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Lelia mean?
Latin: from the Roman family name Laelius
Feminine of the Roman family name Laelius; George Sand gave it to the heroine of her 1833 novel Lélia.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Lelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lelia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 girls.
Lelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Lelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Lelia, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 316 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Lelia than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Lelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,616 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,748 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,196 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,172 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,022 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,023 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,647 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 60 | #1,416 |
| 1965 | 66 | #1,350 |
| 1964 | 79 | #1,240 |
| 1963 | 75 | #1,271 |
| 1962 | 78 | #1,247 |
| 1961 | 93 | #1,135 |
| 1960 | 104 | #1,051 |
| 1959 | 93 | #1,109 |
| 1958 | 96 | #1,068 |
| 1957 | 116 | #957 |
| 1956 | 96 | #1,042 |
| 1955 | 124 | #872 |
| 1954 | 118 | #883 |
| 1953 | 124 | #831 |
| 1952 | 112 | #869 |
| 1951 | 127 | #788 |
| 1950 | 111 | #826 |
| 1949 | 156 | #664 |
| 1948 | 139 | #707 |
| 1947 | 139 | #721 |
| 1946 | 145 | #658 |
| 1945 | 123 | #665 |
| 1944 | 134 | #631 |
| 1943 | 147 | #624 |
| 1942 | 134 | #645 |
| 1941 | 170 | #542 |
| 1940 | 152 | #562 |
| 1939 | 154 | #535 |
| 1938 | 160 | #537 |
| 1937 | 149 | #547 |
| 1936 | 146 | #538 |
| 1935 | 169 | #485 |
| 1934 | 159 | #510 |
| 1933 | 170 | #486 |
| 1932 | 193 | #475 |
| 1931 | 175 | #488 |
| 1930 | 199 | #475 |
| 1929 | 188 | #490 |
| 1928 | 241 | #435 |
| 1927 | 241 | #443 |
| 1926 | 272 | #412 |
| 1925 | 295 | #397 |
| 1924 | 304 | #392 |
| 1923 | 287 | #393 |
| 1922 | 295 | #380 |
| 1921 | 289 | #398 |
| 1920 | 276 | #397 |
| 1919 | 316 | #359 |
| 1918 | 308 | #370 |
| 1917 | 273 | #383 |
| 1916 | 265 | #386 |
| 1915 | 272 | #363 |
| 1914 | 226 | #351 |
| 1913 | 165 | #374 |
| 1912 | 186 | #333 |
| 1911 | 159 | #313 |
| 1910 | 138 | #333 |
| 1909 | 142 | #302 |
| 1908 | 141 | #297 |
| 1907 | 141 | #295 |
| 1906 | 124 | #300 |
| 1905 | 139 | #280 |
| 1904 | 156 | #251 |
| 1903 | 149 | #246 |
| 1902 | 140 | #262 |
| 1901 | 138 | #244 |
| 1900 | 206 | #216 |
| 1899 | 148 | #224 |
| 1898 | 149 | #241 |
| 1897 | 152 | #221 |
| 1896 | 153 | #222 |
| 1895 | 157 | #217 |
| 1894 | 146 | #220 |
| 1893 | 133 | #227 |
| 1892 | 171 | #193 |
| 1891 | 141 | #191 |
| 1890 | 137 | #203 |
| 1889 | 131 | #202 |
| 1888 | 128 | #197 |
| 1887 | 102 | #202 |
| 1886 | 102 | #196 |
| 1885 | 104 | #184 |
| 1884 | 102 | #175 |
| 1883 | 84 | #181 |
| 1882 | 95 | #163 |
| 1881 | 74 | #176 |
| 1880 | 65 | #186 |
Names like Lelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Florence, Beatrice, Lottie, Matilda, Mabel, Aurelia, Julia, Rosa, Rosie, Ophelia, Clara, Ada
Names related to Lelia
Leila, Leyla, Lilia, Leela, Leilah, Lela, Lulia, Laela, Leola
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Luna, Nora, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin, Felix
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, “Lelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lelia, updated 20 October 2026.