Laleh

#9,806 in 2025Girls' name

Tulip

Laleh has been given to 97 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #9,806 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Laleh, 2025

1 in 332,000

Laleh over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Laleh: meaning, origin, and history

Tulip

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Laleh means

Laleh means “tulip”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 97 girls were recorded with the name Laleh between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2013; its best national rank was #9,622 in 1983.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,558 in 2015 to #9,806 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Laleh?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,806; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Laleh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Laleh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lalehs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Laleh was born before 2014 — so the typical Laleh is around 11 today.

Median birth year: 2014; About 11 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 34.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 71.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 97; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 34.0% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Laleh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,060; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +5,752; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.67×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2013 (10)
Years since peak: 12; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,622; 1983

Spellings of Laleh

Laleh is not the most common spelling — Haley is, with 35.6% against Laleh's 0.02%.

Haley35.6%159,511
Lacey12.0%53,774
Lilah5.5%24,664
Dale4.9%21,887
Gale4.4%19,906
Aleah3.7%16,592
Laney3.1%14,024
Kaley3.1%13,682

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Laleh around the world

Where Laleh ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2018–2025
#5,927
in 2025
South Australia
1998–2008
#796
in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Laleh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,806
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #9,622; 1983
Peak year: 2013; 10 that year
First recorded: 1980
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 97
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Laleh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lalia Lali Lalah Lale Lalisa Lalani Laloni Lalla Lalana Neleh Lalitha Lalania Lalanya Lalaine Lallie Lalena Jaleh Lalaina Laliah Lalonnie Lala Lalinda Haleh Lallah

Sibling names for Laleh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Annabell Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Hayleigh Alysa Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Jarod Keven

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