# Lelia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lelia/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,645 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 15,645 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 38, 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 | 41 | 3,760 |
| 2012 | 39 | 3,964 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,131 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,389 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,893 |
| 2016 | 34 | 4,311 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,648 |
| 2018 | 40 | 3,767 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,392 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,882 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4,291 |
| 2022 | 29 | 4,736 |
| 2023 | 33 | 4,325 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,720 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,710 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |

## People named Lelia

- Lélia Gonzalez, Brazilian activist (1935–1994)
- Lelia Goldoni, American actress (1936–2023)
- Carmen Lelia Cristóbal, Argentinian botanist (1932–2019)
- Lélia Abramo, Brazilian actress (1911-2004)

## 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.