Lela Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Lela: every year it appeared on the national list since 1886, with 68 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

Peak year

1922 #3715

Years on the list

10-year trend

-31.3%

In the 1920s ·

Popularity history

1886–1938

Year	Births	Rank
1886	5	#1047
1918	6	#3966
1919	6	#3974
1922	7	#3715
1923	6	#4057
1927	5	#4529
1928	6	#3954
1929	5	#4309
1930	5	#4315
1933	6	#3488
1934	5	#3971
1938	6	#3371

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1922

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

Names from the same era

Edwin · 1922 Jessie · 1922 Luther · 1922 Lyle · 1922 Wilbert · 1922 Amos · 1922 Rufus · 1922 Boyd · 1922 Garland · 1922 Murray · 1922

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