# Lela name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/lela
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Lela ranked #2374 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #996.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #2374
- Birth count: 76
- Rate per 10,000: 0.47

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Leela
- Rank: #996
- Birth count: 251
- Rate per 10,000: 1.56
- Official count multiplier: 3.30x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.01
- Expected per school of 300: 0.02
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.7%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1897
- Best rank year: 1896
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 8.4%

## Spelling components
- Leela: 175 births
- Lela: 76 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology