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Lela Name Popularity

How popular is the name Lela? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 160 435 0.1235%
1911 161 457 0.1227%
1912 184 486 0.0964%
1913 188 564 0.0995%
1914 201 610 0.0875%
1915 212 742 0.0817%
1916 198 870 0.0901%
1917 209 809 0.0809%
1918 209 877 0.0817%
1919 207 869 0.083%
1920 214 859 0.0773%
1921 211 881 0.0769%
1922 220 843 0.0757%
1923 225 794 0.0709%
1924 224 826 0.0711%
1925 224 803 0.071%
1926 243 690 0.0627%
1927 249 649 0.0586%
1928 244 624 0.0583%
1929 248 600 0.0579%
1930 254 559 0.0535%
1931 260 512 0.0519%
1932 273 474 0.048%
1933 272 474 0.0509%
1934 284 427 0.0442%
1935 287 405 0.0417%
1936 299 370 0.0384%
1937 302 383 0.0389%
1938 315 348 0.034%
1939 323 326 0.032%
1940 359 283 0.0266%
1941 349 314 0.0279%
1942 356 343 0.0272%
1943 398 300 0.023%
1944 400 269 0.0217%
1945 390 287 0.0235%
1946 440 265 0.018%
1947 451 290 0.0174%
1948 434 293 0.0184%
1949 409 331 0.0206%
1950 510 214 0.0133%
1951 535 196 0.0116%
1952 505 232 0.0133%
1953 540 212 0.012%
1954 568 202 0.0111%
1955 600 187 0.0102%
1956 604 201 0.0106%
1957 663 172 0.0089%
1958 671 174 0.0092%
1959 681 163 0.0086%
1960 817 112 0.0059%
1961 736 151 0.008%
1962 823 113 0.0062%
1963 791 124 0.0069%
1964 830 108 0.0061%
1965 791 112 0.0068%
1966 880 81 0.0052%
1967 1,050 51 0.0034%
1968 860 90 0.006%
1969 1,154 48 0.0031%
1970 916 90 0.0057%
1971 1,066 64 0.0043%
1972 1,079 58 0.0043%
1973 963 75 0.0058%
1974 1,142 54 0.0042%
1975 1,479 30 0.0023%
1976 1,150 55 0.0043%
1977 1,217 53 0.0039%
1978 1,201 57 0.0042%
1979 1,334 46 0.0033%
1980 1,727 25 0.0017%
1981 1,332 48 0.0033%
1982 1,348 46 0.0031%
1983 1,377 41 0.0028%
1984 1,378 43 0.0029%
1985 1,687 28 0.0018%
1986 1,613 32 0.0021%
1987 1,943 22 0.0014%
1988 1,973 22 0.0014%
1989 2,232 19 0.0012%
1990 1,999 28 0.0017%
1991 1,874 32 0.002%
1992 2,331 19 0.0012%
1993 1,964 30 0.0019%
1994 2,260 20 0.0013%
1995 3,183 6 0.0004%
1996 2,034 26 0.0017%
1997 2,494 15 0.001%
1998 3,270 6 0.0004%
1999 1,690 47 0.0031%
2000 1,629 55 0.0036%
2001 1,588 62 0.0041%
2002 1,813 45 0.003%
2003 1,657 59 0.0039%
2004 1,454 81 0.0053%
2005 1,502 76 0.005%
2006 1,408 98 0.0063%
2007 1,310 123 0.0078%
2008 1,416 102 0.0066%
2009 1,363 106 0.0071%
2010 1,521 79 0.0055%
2011 1,551 72 0.0051%
2012 1,282 113 0.0079%
2013 1,367 95 0.0067%
2014 1,427 83 0.0057%
2015 1,458 80 0.0055%
2016 1,474 79 0.0055%
2017 1,383 86 0.0062%
2018 1,424 76 0.0055%
2019 1,705 46 0.0034%
2020 1,868 54 0.0042%
2021 1,973 45 0.0037%
2022 2,734 24 0.0018%

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Names Like Lela

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What names sound like Lela?

If you like how Lela sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Lela.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Laela

Night beauty

Arabic

Lala

Tulip

Slavic

Leala

Loyal, faithful

French

Leela

Night beauty

Arabic

Lelah

Night beauty

Arabic

Lelia

“The tempestuous one,” from the Greek lailao, a tempest, hurricane, etc.

Latin

Leola

Loyal, faithful; lion

Latin

Leyla

Night beauty

Arabic

Lila

Night

Arabic

Loela
Lola

The sorrows

Spanish

Lula

Famous warrior

German

Lyla

Night

English


What names are similar to Lela?

Find a name that’s like Lela, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Cela

Blind; sixth; the moon; heavenly

Welsh

Dela

Small winged one; pleasure, delight

Latin

Lea

Delicate; weary; meadow or pasture

Hebrew

Leda

Woman

Greek

Leia

Weary one

Hebrew

Leila

Night

Arabic

Lena

Woman from Magdala

Hebrew

Leta

Gladly

Latin

Leya

The law

Spanish

Mela

Black, dark-skinned

Greek

Nela

Horn

Latin

Sela

The moon

Greek


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1 Comment

  1. I googled memes with meanings for black girls. I like the fact that Lela means black beauty.


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