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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #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
2017—
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 1962

  • 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: #517 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,579 girlsMNIllinois: #670 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,352 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #526 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,840 girlsMINew York: #960 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 18,153 girlsNYMassachusetts: #509 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,561 girlsMARhode 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: #325 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,736 girlsIAIndiana: #401 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,723 girlsINOhio: #549 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,033 girlsOHPennsylvania: #675 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,594 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #961 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 14,457 girlsCAUtah: #289 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,508 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #439 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,259 girlsMOKentucky: #252 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,541 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: #375 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,353 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: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedKSArkansas: #251 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,469 girlsARTennessee: #338 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,738 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #424 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,974 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #471 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,230 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #606 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,436 girlsLAMississippi: #462 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,530 girlsMSAlabama: #376 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,779 girlsALGeorgia: #331 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,427 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedHITexas: #689 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,910 girlsTXFlorida: #507 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,473 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#251 · 1 in 1,469
  2. Kentucky#252 · 1 in 1,541
  3. Utah#289 · 1 in 1,508
  4. Iowa#325 · 1 in 2,736
  5. Georgia#331 · 1 in 2,427

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#251121 in 1,469
Kentucky#252201 in 1,541
Utah#28971 in 1,508
Iowa#325101 in 2,736
Georgia#331181 in 2,427
Tennessee#338131 in 2,738
Virginia#375121 in 3,353
Alabama#376121 in 2,779
Indiana#401131 in 3,723
North Carolina#424121 in 3,974
Missouri#439101 in 4,259
Mississippi#46271 in 3,530
South Carolina#47161 in 4,230
Florida#507111 in 4,473
Massachusetts#50961 in 8,561
Minnesota#51751 in 7,579
Michigan#526121 in 6,840
Ohio#549141 in 7,033
Louisiana#60671 in 5,436
Illinois#670111 in 9,352
Pennsylvania#67591 in 11,594
Texas#689161 in 6,910
New York#96091 in 18,153
California#961121 in 14,457
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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 1962

girls
#551
317 births · 1 in 6,204 girls

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #551Leisa317
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 6,204 of them was named Leisa, which outranked 92.7% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leisa
  1. #548Viola320
  2. #549Clare318
  3. #549Deloris318
  4. #551Leisa317
  5. #552Allyson315
  6. #552Denice315
  7. #554Dorothea313
Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →