Given name
Lelia
“a beauty of the night; born at nightfall”
Lelia is a variant of Laila. One Arabic interpretation is “a beauty of the night; born at nightfall.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lelia is a variant of Laila. One Arabic interpretation is “a beauty of the night; born at nightfall.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lelia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15,645
- 0 boys · 15,645 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 316 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,710 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,710 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 316 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,819 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lelia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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