NameTides

Leela

Leela was the #1,279 girls' name in the US in 2025 (175 babies), and #719 in England & Wales and #1,106 in Canada.

Leela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Leela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Leela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#1,279 (175)#719 (51)——#1,106 (24)
2024#1,259 (185)#934 (38)——#2,102 (10)
2023#1,277 (179)#865 (41)——#1,678 (13)
2022#1,319 (179)#826 (43)——#1,635 (13)
2021#1,284 (179)#840 (42)——#1,381 (17)
2020#1,194 (194)#840 (43)——#1,193 (20)
2019#1,218 (192)#796 (47)——#2,025 (10)
2018#1,206 (196)#767 (50)#502 (6)—#1,301 (18)
2017#1,141 (217)#609 (69)#501 (6)#355 (4)#1,506 (15)
2016#1,106 (232)#553 (76)#675 (4)#353 (4)#1,230 (20)
2015#1,204 (207)#365 (126)#566 (5)—#1,080 (23)
2014#1,143 (218)#535 (79)#477 (7)—#1,005 (26)
2013#1,086 (227)#825 (46)——#1,792 (12)
2012#1,174 (209)#1,058 (33)——#1,531 (15)
2011#1,196 (201)#937 (38)——#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #1,106.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1898.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leela is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,500 to 1 in 9,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leela by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #889CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,352TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Leela (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeelaCanadaGirls#1,10624
LeelaEngland & WalesGirls#71951
LeelaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeelaScotlandGirls—too few
LeelaUSGirls#1,279175