Leela

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Leela or 'Lila' is a name of Sanskrit origin and related to Hindu religion and philosophy. Sanskrit word leela/lila can be translated as "play or divine play", as in the Hindu philosophical concept of leela between Radha and Krishna. It can also mean 'act of God'.

From Wikipedia

Leela first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 126 babies (rank #365 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Leela

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Leela yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

652
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
126
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19963#4,400
19974#3,526
19987#2,295
19993#4,479
20007#2,311
20018#2,132
20026#2,716
200315#1,437
200418#1,288
200520#1,221
200627#1,041
200733#934
200829#1,045
200933#994
201041#868
201138#953
201233#1,065
201346#832
201479#537
2015126#365
201676#556