Lei

Where Lei comes from

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  • Vowel-ended
Lei through the years
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,434 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Peak, #2,321
    23 babies named Lei, its best rank.
  3. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,198.
  4. 2016
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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