boy's name

Lelan

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 997

Lelan is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 42 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.

Lelan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Lelan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 45
1920s 110
1930s 64
1940s 58
1950s 61
1960s 25
1970s 16
1980s 24
1990s 27
2000s 170
2010s 234
2020s (to 2025) 90

How popular is Lelan?

In 2025, Lelan was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Lelan is used

Canada #2,697 5 in 2007
England & Wales #5,657 3 in 2018
United States #8,585 9 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Lelan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lelan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lelan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lelan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lelan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lelan

How popular is the name Lelan?

In 2025, Lelan was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Lelan a girl's or a boy's name?

Lelan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Lelan most popular?

Lelan peaked in 2007, when 42 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Lelan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lelan currently ranks #8,585 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.