Laela
Laela is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 39 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 390.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2009111 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1972
- 1,662people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,662 girls have been named Laela in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 111 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 41%.
By decade
In 2009, its biggest year
Laela was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Laela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kaniyahpeak 2010
- Jayliepeak 2008
- Samayapeak 2007
- Amyahpeak 2009
- Zamyapeak 2009
- Zaniahpeak 2008
- Aniyahpeak 2009
- Kameapeak 2010
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.