Leia
- #297 for girls in 2025, 1,033 births
- Around 1977: Star Wars (film)
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 1,424 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,778since 1949
Leia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leia has never cracked the top 200 here.
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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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #297 | 1,033 |
| 2024 | #289 | 1,099 |
| 2023 | #211 | 1,424 |
| 2022 | #256 | 1,216 |
| 2021 | #295 | 1,078 |
| 2020 | #296 | 1,088 |
| 2019 | #334 | 958 |
| 2018 | #296 | 1,120 |
| 2017 | #278 | 1,162 |
| 2016 | #322 | 1,016 |
| 2015 | #420 | 766 |
| 2014 | #509 | 611 |
| 2013 | #569 | 509 |
| 2012 | #670 | 422 |
| 2011 | #774 | 351 |
| 2010 | #832 | 323 |
| 2009 | #824 | 342 |
| 2008 | #930 | 293 |
| 2007 | #937 | 288 |
| 2006 | #961 | 272 |
| 2005 | #1,134 | 206 |
| 2004 | #1,329 | 160 |
| 2003 | #1,395 | 142 |
| 2002 | #1,288 | 152 |
| 2001 | #1,499 | 125 |
| 2000 | #1,491 | 123 |
| 1999 | #1,621 | 103 |
| 1998 | #1,690 | 94 |
| 1997 | #1,525 | 106 |
| 1996 | #2,106 | 65 |
| 1995 | #1,684 | 87 |
| 1994 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 1993 | #2,090 | 65 |
| 1992 | #2,033 | 67 |
| 1991 | #2,189 | 60 |
| 1990 | #1,974 | 69 |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 |
| 1988 | #1,863 | 66 |
| 1987 | #1,662 | 73 |
| 1986 | #1,669 | 70 |
| 1985 | #1,445 | 86 |
| 1984 | #1,307 | 94 |
| 1983 | #1,037 | 135 |
| 1982 | #1,284 | 99 |
| 1981 | #1,102 | 126 |
| 1980 | #921 | 162 |
| 1979 | #1,136 | 118 |
| 1978 | #910 | 156 |
| 1977 | #1,231 | 98 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 |
| 1967 | #1,980 | 35 |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
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First appearance
1949
The first year at least five girls were named Leia! It came in at #4,235, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1954, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Leia is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Hawaii#44 · 1 in 179
- California#125 · 1 in 668
- Delaware#140 · 1 in 376
- New Mexico#182 · 1 in 584
- Connecticut#192 · 1 in 677
Best ever in a state: #20 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #44 | 12 | 1 in 179 |
| California | #125 | 242 | 1 in 668 |
| Delaware | #140 | 6 | 1 in 376 |
| New Mexico | #182 | 8 | 1 in 584 |
| Connecticut | #192 | 17 | 1 in 677 |
| Nevada | #196 | 13 | 1 in 708 |
| Florida | #215 | 88 | 1 in 986 |
| Arizona | #219 | 31 | 1 in 910 |
| Maryland | #283 | 18 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Kentucky | #286 | 15 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Washington | #286 | 25 | 1 in 1,154 |
| Michigan | #293 | 30 | 1 in 1,191 |
| Iowa | #301 | 11 | 1 in 1,070 |
| New York | #311 | 54 | 1 in 1,451 |
| North Carolina | #319 | 34 | 1 in 1,367 |
| Texas | #325 | 104 | 1 in 1,544 |
| Indiana | #333 | 21 | 1 in 1,329 |
| Massachusetts | #334 | 17 | 1 in 1,414 |
| New Jersey | #339 | 24 | 1 in 1,479 |
| Colorado | #354 | 17 | 1 in 1,372 |
| Virginia | #359 | 22 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Kansas | #361 | 9 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Illinois | #363 | 28 | 1 in 1,583 |
| Louisiana | #394 | 11 | 1 in 1,488 |
| Alabama | #436 | 11 | 1 in 1,665 |
| Utah | #440 | 9 | 1 in 1,897 |
| Mississippi | #441 | 6 | 1 in 1,483 |
| Missouri | #442 | 13 | 1 in 1,869 |
| Ohio | #462 | 24 | 1 in 1,970 |
| South Carolina | #467 | 10 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Oregon | #483 | 7 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Pennsylvania | #515 | 20 | 1 in 2,334 |
| Georgia | #546 | 20 | 1 in 2,260 |
| Minnesota | #597 | 8 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Oklahoma | #697 | 5 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Tennessee | #748 | 9 | 1 in 3,564 |
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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 Leia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1 spot since 2020 (#296 → #297)
- 123 spots since 2015 (#420 → #297)
- Biggest jump: 321 spots in 1978
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1979
Rise & fade · girls
74 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 2023 at #211 (1,424 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2006–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,127
- Highest: 1 in 1,127 girls born in 2023 were named Leia (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,556 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 38.5% of all girls named Leia (7,238) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | #4,235 (1949) | #4,235 |
| 1950s | 16 | #5,208 (1955) | #5,421 |
| 1960s | 220 | #1,980 (1967) | #2,967 |
| 1970s | 518 | #910 (1978) | #2,622 |
| 1980s | 974 | #921 (1980) | #1,429 |
| 1990s | 764 | #1,525 (1997) | #1,950 |
| 2000s | 2,103 | #824 (2009) | #1,179 |
| 2010s | 7,238 | #278 (2017) | #500 |
| 2020s | 6,938 | #211 (2023) | #274 |
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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