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Lela

Lela means "Also variant of Leila, night", according to etymological references. It peaked back in the 1920s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

EtymologyDiminutive of Delilah
EtymologyAlso variant of Leila – "night"
Births by decade
1900s
4,473
1910s
7,019
1920s
7,867
1930s
4,640
1940s
3,362
1950s
2,382
1960s
1,478
1970s
1,068
1980s
864
1990s
687
2000s
1,378
2010s
1,205
Peaked in the 1920s · 36,423 total U.S. births since 1900