Leala
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 875since 1884
Leala over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leala has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Leala! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1905, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leala is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Leala in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Leala
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 4,692 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #851 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,431
- Highest: 1 in 18,431 girls born in 1884 were named Leala (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 25.9% of all girls named Leala (227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #851 (1884) | #851 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,416 (1906) | #1,546 |
| 1910s | 65 | #1,634 (1910) | #2,465 |
| 1920s | 55 | #2,973 (1924) | #3,735 |
| 1930s | 34 | #3,145 (1939) | #3,626 |
| 1940s | 23 | #3,559 (1941) | #4,537 |
| 1950s | 31 | #4,833 (1951) | #5,753 |
| 1960s | 54 | #3,515 (1964) | #5,361 |
| 1970s | 37 | #6,696 (1979) | #7,929 |
| 1980s | 69 | #6,789 (1980) | #8,888 |
| 1990s | 43 | #8,804 (1994) | #10,986 |
| 2000s | 227 | #4,463 (2006) | #6,183 |
| 2010s | 162 | #4,681 (2011) | #8,501 |
| 2020s | 53 | #8,464 (2021) | #10,955 |
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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