girl's name
Laelia
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 573
Laelia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2019, when 20 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2005.
Laelia over time
Births per decade in France, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 10 |
| 1990s | 20 |
| 2000s | 65 |
| 2010s | 135 |
| 2020s (to 2023) | 85 |
How popular is Laelia?
In 2025, Laelia was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Laelia is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Laelia is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Laélia | Laélia is a rare spelling of Laelia, written with an acute accent and recorded about 95 times, mostly in France. | 95 |
| Laëlia | Laëlia is a rare spelling of Laelia, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 50 times, mostly in France. | 50 |
Names that peaked alongside Laelia
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Laelia also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Laelia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Laelia
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Laelia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Laelia
How popular is the name Laelia?
In 2025, Laelia was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Laelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Laelia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Laelia most popular?
Laelia peaked in 2019, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Laelia a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Laelia currently ranks #2,692 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.