# Lela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lela/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Georgian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 43,073 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 68 / 43,005 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 136, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 142 | 1,552 |
| 2012 | 178 | 1,325 |
| 2013 | 156 | 1,444 |
| 2014 | 152 | 1,477 |
| 2015 | 147 | 1,530 |
| 2016 | 150 | 1,514 |
| 2017 | 142 | 1,548 |
| 2018 | 139 | 1,562 |
| 2019 | 116 | 1,765 |
| 2020 | 109 | 1,814 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,823 |
| 2022 | 100 | 1,970 |
| 2023 | 89 | 2,151 |
| 2024 | 86 | 2,209 |
| 2025 | 76 | 2,374 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 5 | 1,047 |
| 1918 | 6 | 3,966 |
| 1919 | 6 | 3,974 |
| 1922 | 7 | 3,715 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4,057 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,529 |
| 1928 | 6 | 3,954 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,309 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,315 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,488 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3,971 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,371 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Lela

- Lela Star, American pornographic actress
- Lela Rochon, American actress and film producer (born 1964)
- Lela Javakhishvili, Georgian chess player
- Lela Tsurtsumia, Georgian singer
- Lela Bliss, American actress (1896-1980)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.