Baby name

Leela

Girl

Rising name

The high point came in 2016, with 232 births and the No. 1106 spot that year. The name is holding close to its all-time high. In 2025, it ranked No. 1279. 45% of all babies named Leela since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

4,545births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 1106rank at its peak, in 2016

Where babies named Leela are born

2016

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The darker the blue, the more common Leela is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Leela is most common in New York (2 times) and California (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Leila 55,436
Lela 43,005
Leola 28,129
Leyla 10,564
Leena 5,785
Leesa 4,124

Names from the same era

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