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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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
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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 1968

  • 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: #745 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,297 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #481 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,630 girlsMINew York: #1,178 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 19,463 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: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedIAIndiana: #527 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,685 girlsINOhio: #459 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,589 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,092 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 13,982 girlsCAUtah: #290 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,505 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #498 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,698 girlsMOKentucky: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,791 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: #412 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,662 girlsVAMaryland: #369 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,809 girlsMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedARTennessee: #418 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,645 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #384 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,273 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #398 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,901 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #292 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,598 girlsOKLouisiana: #546 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,329 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMSAlabama: #510 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,351 girlsALGeorgia: #376 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,690 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedHITexas: #1,057 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,418 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#290 · 1 in 1,505
  2. Oklahoma#292 · 1 in 1,598
  3. Maryland#369 · 1 in 2,809
  4. Georgia#376 · 1 in 2,690
  5. North Carolina#384 · 1 in 3,273

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#29061 in 1,505
Oklahoma#292101 in 1,598
Maryland#36991 in 2,809
Georgia#376141 in 2,690
North Carolina#384121 in 3,273
South Carolina#39871 in 2,901
Virginia#41291 in 3,662
Tennessee#41881 in 3,645
Ohio#459181 in 4,589
Michigan#481151 in 4,630
Kentucky#48251 in 4,791
Missouri#49871 in 4,698
Alabama#51061 in 4,351
Indiana#52771 in 5,685
Louisiana#54671 in 4,329
Illinois#74591 in 9,297
Texas#1,05771 in 13,418
California#1,092111 in 13,982
New York#1,17871 in 19,463
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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 1968

girls
#668
209 births · 1 in 7,849 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #668Leisa209
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 7,849 of them was named Leisa, which outranked 91.9% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leisa
  1. #664Charla211
  2. #666Aileen210
  3. #666Lissette210
  4. #668Leisa209
  5. #668Marni209
  6. #668Rosanna209
  7. #668Trena209
  8. #672Corina208
  9. #672Valeria208
  10. #674Johnnie207

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →