Lelia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lelia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lelia: Recorded since 1965, with a gap of 20 years, its highest recorded position is #325, and it stood at #3,970 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#325highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lelia's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#4294
2011	#5785
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2017	#5765
2019	#5591
2021	#3519
2022	#3970

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 14 of the 56 years from 1965 to 2020.

In 2015: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4103 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2020
Highest recorded position: #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1965–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #3970 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Lelia appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 14 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 49 births with the name.

Lelia across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lelia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#325 (1965)	#325 (1965)	#834 (2020)	14 of 56	49 (1965–2020)	5 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#4294 (2007)	#3519 (2021)	#3970 (2022)	9 of 16	38 (2007–2022)	6 (2013)

Lelia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lelia in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	8	2 of 10	4
1970s	15	4 of 10	4
1980s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	13	4 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lelia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #325 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Lelia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1965 and 2022, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #325, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 42 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
13separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
20 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#3,970position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
42 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 41 years or more →
6births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mamie · #325, 14y
Rosario · #325, 21y
Rikki · #324, 23y
Tristian · #324, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Henrietta · #325, 36y
Mamie · #325, 14y
Rosario · #325, 21y
Roseanna · #325, 43y

Lelia was ranked #325 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lelia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lelia without appearing here.

Lelia moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.
Belinda Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Lelia

Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Karin Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3549.
Meabh Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #4049.
Mia Compare
In 2006 they stood at #383 and #466 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #842 and #24.

Moved the opposite way to Lelia

Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lelia went from #325 to #834 while Alexandra went from #227 to #107.
Alice Compare
Between 1965 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lelia went from #325 to #834 while Alice went from #60 to #33.
Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lelia went from #325 to #834 while Amelia went from #325 to #6.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lelia went from #325 to #834 while Amy went from #262 to #80.

Moved the same way as Lelia

Alison Compare
Between 1965 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lelia went from #325 to #834 and Alison from #117 to #255.
Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lelia went from #325 to #834 and Alma from #262 to #410.
Amanda Compare
Between 1965 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lelia went from #325 to #834 and Amanda from #129 to #444.
Andrea Compare
Between 1965 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lelia went from #325 to #834 and Andrea from #215 to #315.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #325 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lelia

Lelia at a glance

What stands out in Lelia's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lelia across 2 official records

Lelia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What stands out in Lelia's record

Lelia across 2 official records

Lelia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lelia appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Lelia

Lelia and the names beside it

Lelia moved ahead of

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