Lei
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Last seen for boys in 2015 at #10,644
- Given to girls 95.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 652since 1937
Lei over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lei has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
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| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1937
The first year at least five girls were named Lei! It came in at #3,434, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1942, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lei is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lei in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lei
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 351 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #14,942)
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1956 at #2,321 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 10 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 78,664
- Highest: 1 in 78,664 girls born in 1962 were named Lei (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,321 in 1956, was only 1 in 87,291 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 24.5% of all girls named Lei (160) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 27 | #2,417 (1939) | #3,011 |
| 1940s | 54 | #3,132 (1945) | #4,089 |
| 1950s | 124 | #2,321 (1956) | #3,321 |
| 1960s | 160 | #2,369 (1960) | #3,375 |
| 1970s | 87 | #4,123 (1971) | #5,957 |
| 1980s | 58 | #6,319 (1980) | #8,730 |
| 1990s | 43 | #7,303 (1990) | #10,973 |
| 2000s | 55 | #8,837 (2002) | #10,634 |
| 2010s | 21 | #14,959 (2010) | #15,851 |
| 2020s | 23 | #12,197 (2023) | #13,971 |
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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