Leisa

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
1958 · 344 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,969
since 1948

Leisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leisa has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #523, 1958girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#13,4776
2023#10,3129
2022#10,3839
2021—
2020#12,1427
2019—
2018#15,6825
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2016#14,3316
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2014#16,5135
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2005#11,8348
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2001#8,19612
2000#9,8749
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1998#14,1225
1997#10,8367
1996#9,5818
1995#6,64113
1994#7,60411
1993#6,26414
1992#8,7349
1991#4,20824
1990#4,52321
1989#4,02024
1988#4,30820
1987#3,33127
1986#3,89021
1985#3,17028
1984#2,78132
1983#2,55235
1982#2,83032
1981#2,52937
1980#2,01452
1979#2,52536
1978#1,84154
1977#2,16243
1976#1,99644
1975#2,06042
1974#1,77250
1973#1,60757
1972#1,47365
1971#1,041116
1970#953133
1969#807163
1968#668209
1967#620235
1966#612241
1965#611253
1964#617265
1963#568300
1962#551317
1961#548323
1960#568298
1959#604270
1958#523344
1957#573285
1956#935116
1955#1,22967
1954#1,48146
1953#1,83430
1952#1,74632
1951#2,81014
1950#3,9628
1949#3,17611
1948#4,6516
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five girls were named Leisa! It came in at #4,651, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1998–1999, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Leisa is popular in 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMNIllinois: #984 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 21,690 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #510 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,794 girlsMINew York: #813 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 15,402 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedSDIowa: #383 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,079 girlsIAIndiana: #338 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,244 girlsINOhio: #516 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,943 girlsOHPennsylvania: #643 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,812 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #366 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,145 girlsCTCalifornia: #671 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 8,199 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #524 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,454 girlsMOKentucky: #477 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,621 girlsKYWest Virginia: #396 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,952 girlsWVVirginia: #333 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,960 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNMKansas: #435 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,357 girlsKSArkansas: #288 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,855 girlsARTennessee: #329 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,897 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #521 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,327 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #443 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,056 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #485 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,423 girlsLAMississippi: #370 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,897 girlsMSAlabama: #435 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,073 girlsALGeorgia: #661 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,201 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedHITexas: #550 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 5,247 girlsTXFlorida: #468 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,591 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#288 · 1 in 1,855
  2. Tennessee#329 · 1 in 2,897
  3. Virginia#333 · 1 in 2,960
  4. Indiana#338 · 1 in 3,244
  5. Connecticut#366 · 1 in 4,145

Best ever in a state: #131 in Idaho, 1966.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#288101 in 1,855
Tennessee#329131 in 2,897
Virginia#333141 in 2,960
Indiana#338161 in 3,244
Connecticut#36661 in 4,145
Mississippi#37091 in 2,897
Iowa#38371 in 4,079
West Virginia#39651 in 3,952
Alabama#43591 in 4,073
Kansas#43551 in 4,357
South Carolina#44371 in 4,056
Florida#468101 in 4,591
Kentucky#47761 in 5,621
Louisiana#48591 in 4,423
Michigan#510141 in 6,794
Ohio#516161 in 6,943
North Carolina#52181 in 6,327
Missouri#52471 in 6,454
Texas#550221 in 5,247
Pennsylvania#643101 in 11,812
Georgia#66151 in 9,201
California#671201 in 8,199
New York#813111 in 15,402
Illinois#98451 in 21,690
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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 Leisa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 362 spots in 1957 (#935 → #573)
  • Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1970 (#807 → #953)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1958 at #523 (344 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1956–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,848
  • Highest: 1 in 5,848 girls born in 1958 were named Leisa (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 52.4% of all girls named Leisa (2,604) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s17#3,176 (1949)#3,914
1950s1,212#523 (1958)#1,570
1960s2,604#548 (1961)#617
1970s640#953 (1970)#1,743
1980s308#2,014 (1980)#3,143
1990s112#4,208 (1991)#8,057
2000s29#8,196 (2001)#9,968
2010s16#14,331 (2016)#15,509
2020s31#10,312 (2023)#11,579

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.

Leisa in 1957

girls
#573
285 births · 1 in 7,175 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #573Leisa285
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 7,175 of them was named Leisa, which outranked 91.8% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leisa
  1. #569Maura288
  2. #571Mamie287
  3. #572Estella286
  4. #573Leisa285
  5. #574Nelda284
  6. #575Patrica283
  7. #576Angelia281
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957 →