Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Lelah

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1915

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1881Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

79.1%

2024

All-time

2,177

Lelah is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1915, when 43 girls were named Lelah.

In 2024, only 9 girls were given the name.

Down 79.1% from its peak.

All told, about 2,177 Americans have been named Lelah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1915

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