Le
- Last seen for girls in 2006 at #15,152
- Last seen for boys in 2014 at #9,642
- Given to girls 53.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 878since 1916
Le over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Le! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Le is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Le in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1960 at #2,512 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 48,381
- Highest: 1 in 48,381 girls born in 1982 were named Le (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,868 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,512 in 1960, was only 1 in 87,910 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 23.2% of all girls named Le (204) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
- Mostly girls until 2013, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,552 (1916) | #3,552 |
| 1920s | 11 | #4,286 (1927) | #4,627 |
| 1930s | 27 | #3,431 (1935) | #3,563 |
| 1940s | 39 | #3,034 (1946) | #3,796 |
| 1950s | 104 | #2,810 (1951) | #3,899 |
| 1960s | 184 | #2,512 (1960) | #3,018 |
| 1970s | 119 | #3,789 (1971) | #5,269 |
| 1980s | 204 | #2,645 (1982) | #4,509 |
| 1990s | 146 | #3,968 (1992) | #6,258 |
| 2000s | 37 | #9,874 (2000) | #14,179 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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