MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Leela mean?
Līlā means play or sport and is used in devotional literature for a deity's acts, including Krishna's stories. Ramlila names a dramatic enactment of Rama's story.
Pronunciation
IAST: līlā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लीला
Letter-by-letter: līlā
Conventional spelling
Tamil
லீலா
Conventional spelling
Other spellings
- Lila
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Leela in Indian usage
453,511 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (93.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 426,000 records (93.9%).
- Recorded as male: 27,511 records (6.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,616 |
| 1930s | 8,871 |
| 1940s | 29,300 |
| 1950s | 66,940 |
| 1960s | 109,709 |
| 1970s | 102,828 |
| 1980s | 82,673 |
| 1990s | 51,414 |
| Other decades | 160 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 104,016 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 79,510 |
| Bihar | 73,028 |
| Kerala | 60,947 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 35,341 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 16,660 |
| Uttarakhand | 16,297 |
| Haryana | 16,136 |
| Jharkhand | 15,328 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 10,448 |
| Punjab | 7,774 |
| Delhi | 6,285 |
| Assam | 2,479 |
| Karnataka | 1,394 |
| Odisha | 1,177 |
| Sikkim | 1,162 |
| Tripura | 1,032 |
| Gujarat | 904 |
| Maharashtra | 730 |
| Goa | 639 |
| Chandigarh | 510 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 300 |
| Meghalaya | 295 |
| Puducherry | 289 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 268 |
| Manipur | 212 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 125 |
| Nagaland | 124 |
| Other states | 101 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Leela / F | 51 | 719 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Leela; Table_6, C727 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Leela; Table_6, C727
- Monier-Williams, līlā, p. 903,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Leela ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Lila ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.