Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lela

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lela
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 90.5% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

907

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

90.5%

2024

All-time

42,926

Lela once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 907 girls were named Lela.

In 2024, only 86 girls were given the name.

Down 90.5% from its peak.

All told, about 42,926 Americans have been named Lela and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.5% from peak

1921907 girls named Lela

202486 girls named Lela

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