Lelah

Girl · recorded 1881–2025

  • #9,457in 2025
  • 1 in 160,726girls in 2025
  • −44%last ten years

Most popular in 1891.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

07815618811917195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 131 recorded years as a table
Lelah, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1881109
1882102
1883116
188493
1885135
1886104
1887116
1888106
1889135
1890147
1891156
1892141
1893150
1894117
1895116
189697
1897141
1898151
1899116
1900110
190179
190291
190392
190494
190569
190664
190750
190839
190949
191063
191143
191238
191343
191432
191544
191635
191740
191825
191937
192029
192131
192232
192326
192420
192527
192624
192729
192817
192920
193018
193122
193223
193321
193416
193515
193612
193711
193814
19399
194011
19417
19426
19436
19445
19457
19465
19473
19484
19495
19515
19523
19535
19543
19553
19563
19572
19582
19603
19613
19623
19653
19664
19674
19694
19703
19713
19726
19734
19745
19757
19777
19783
19793
19805
19813
19824
19845
19863
19875
19885
19893
19914
19924
19966
19993
20004
20014
20025
20034
20049
200515
200614
200712
200814
200911
201012
201111
201212
20137
201411
201511
201611
20178
201813
20196
202010
20217
20229
20239
20246
20256

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lelah isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
10
Rank in 2025
#9,457
How rare
1 in 160,726 girls
Since 1881
2,187

Most popular in 1891, at 156 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 44% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.