Lea
#848 for girls in 2025, 321 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 98.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 593 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,848since 1880
Lea over time
Rank among girls' names. Lea has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #848 | 321 | — | |
| 2024 | #833 | 327 | — | |
| 2023 | #803 | 349 | — | |
| 2022 | #784 | 362 | — | |
| 2021 | #752 | 378 | — | |
| 2020 | #749 | 363 | — | |
| 2019 | #726 | 389 | — | |
| 2018 | #709 | 410 | — | |
| 2017 | #810 | 337 | — | |
| 2016 | #690 | 422 | — | |
| 2015 | #739 | 382 | — | |
| 2014 | #681 | 416 | — | |
| 2013 | #599 | 473 | — | |
| 2012 | #609 | 470 | — | |
| 2011 | #556 | 528 | — | |
| 2010 | #569 | 514 | — | |
| 2009 | #675 | 431 | — | |
| 2008 | #643 | 479 | — | |
| 2007 | #680 | 432 | — | |
| 2006 | #607 | 481 | — | |
| 2005 | #601 | 473 | — | |
| 2004 | #616 | 446 | — | |
| 2003 | #668 | 396 | — | |
| 2002 | #665 | 382 | — | |
| 2001 | #685 | 363 | — | |
| 2000 | #662 | 367 | — | |
| 1999 | #643 | 365 | — | |
| 1998 | #635 | 365 | — | |
| 1997 | #615 | 367 | — | |
| 1996 | #567 | 409 | — | |
| 1995 | #649 | 332 | — | |
| 1994 | #595 | 378 | — | |
| 1993 | #584 | 402 | — | |
| 1992 | #631 | 358 | — | |
| 1991 | #589 | 389 | — | |
| 1990 | #516 | 466 | — | |
| 1989 | #565 | 395 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #543 | 402 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #560 | 357 | — | |
| 1986 | #570 | 345 | — | |
| 1985 | #527 | 378 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #494 | 404 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #537 | 349 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #519 | 384 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #459 | 466 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #457 | 464 | — | |
| 1979 | #436 | 472 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #502 | 385 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #481 | 398 | — | |
| 1976 | #510 | 349 | — | |
| 1975 | #466 | 403 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #431 | 449 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #443 | 424 | — | |
| 1972 | #434 | 444 | — | |
| 1971 | #400 | 536 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #396 | 593 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #419 | 527 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #428 | 491 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #402 | 519 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #436 | 465 | — | |
| 1965 | #455 | 442 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #482 | 403 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #458 | 450 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #470 | 420 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #480 | 403 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #503 | 373 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #475 | 416 | — | |
| 1958 | #450 | 446 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #515 | 342 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #478 | 382 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #502 | 338 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #579 | 243 | — | |
| 1953 | #644 | 192 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #599 | 210 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #670 | 171 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #703 | 149 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #748 | 131 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #673 | 153 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #678 | 153 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #732 | 122 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #768 | 95 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #836 | 83 | — | |
| 1943 | #801 | 92 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #773 | 96 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #713 | 97 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #868 | 65 | — | |
| 1938 | #830 | 72 | — | |
| 1937 | #775 | 78 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #888 | 59 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #874 | 62 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #804 | 70 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #826 | 65 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #969 | 53 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #806 | 71 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #810 | 76 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #922 | 60 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #845 | 73 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #898 | 69 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #911 | 67 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #970 | 59 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #976 | 61 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #901 | 66 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #803 | 82 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #928 | 64 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #921 | 62 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #806 | 76 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #739 | 93 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #849 | 65 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #767 | 80 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #856 | 58 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #769 | 56 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #803 | 43 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #747 | 45 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #594 | 51 | — | |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 | — | |
| 1909 | #773 | 27 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 | — | |
| 1907 | #749 | 25 | — | |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1905 | #761 | 23 | — | |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 | — | |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 | — | |
| 1902 | #667 | 25 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #586 | 30 | — | |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 | — | |
| 1896 | #651 | 23 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #557 | 27 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | — | |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 | — | |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #542 | 16 | — | |
| 1884 | #541 | 15 | — | |
| 1883 | #561 | 12 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lea was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Lea is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#224 · 1 in 1,476
- Kansas#336 · 1 in 3,057
- Iowa#420 · 1 in 5,614
- Wisconsin#455 · 1 in 7,981
- Illinois#461 · 1 in 5,902
Best ever in a state: #114 in Colorado, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #224 | 5 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Kansas | #336 | 7 | 1 in 3,057 |
| Iowa | #420 | 5 | 1 in 5,614 |
| Wisconsin | #455 | 5 | 1 in 7,981 |
| Illinois | #461 | 16 | 1 in 5,902 |
| Missouri | #465 | 7 | 1 in 5,987 |
| Tennessee | #516 | 5 | 1 in 7,563 |
| Texas | #518 | 22 | 1 in 5,037 |
| New Jersey | #553 | 5 | 1 in 9,986 |
| Michigan | #571 | 9 | 1 in 9,222 |
| California | #674 | 15 | 1 in 9,257 |
| Ohio | #686 | 7 | 1 in 13,775 |
| New York | #749 | 10 | 1 in 15,384 |
| Pennsylvania | #850 | 5 | 1 in 22,144 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lea
- 15 spots since 2024 (#833 → #848)
- 99 spots since 2020 (#749 → #848)
- 109 spots since 2015 (#739 → #848)
- Biggest jump: 335 spots in 1896 (#986 → #651)
- Biggest drop: 429 spots in 1895 (#557 → #986)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1970 at #396 (593 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,948 girls born in 1970 were named Lea (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,007 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 13.3% of all girls named Lea (4,493) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #541 (1884) | #706 |
| 1890s | 186 | #557 (1894) | #725 |
| 1900s | 234 | #649 (1908) | #765 |
| 1910s | 590 | #594 (1911) | #783 |
| 1920s | 663 | #803 (1922) | #908 |
| 1930s | 671 | #775 (1937) | #845 |
| 1940s | 1,099 | #673 (1948) | #753 |
| 1950s | 2,889 | #450 (1958) | #562 |
| 1960s | 4,493 | #402 (1967) | #453 |
| 1970s | 4,453 | #396 (1970) | #450 |
| 1980s | 3,944 | #457 (1980) | #523 |
| 1990s | 3,831 | #516 (1990) | #602 |
| 2000s | 4,250 | #601 (2005) | #650 |
| 2010s | 4,341 | #556 (2011) | #669 |
| 2020s | 2,100 | #749 (2020) | #795 |
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.
Lea in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 9,798 of them was named Lea, which outranked 90.1% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 328,717 of them was named Lea, which outranked 21.1% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).