Lesa
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #3,305
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 771 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,409since 1915
Lesa over time
Rank among girls' names. Lesa has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,203 | 47 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,887 | 55 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,474 | 81 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,790 | 62 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,502 | 79 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,251 | 102 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,202 | 104 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,153 | 109 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,086 | 112 | — | |
| 1975 | #963 | 129 | — | |
| 1974 | #889 | 144 | — | |
| 1973 | #749 | 185 | — | |
| 1972 | #742 | 188 | — | |
| 1971 | #622 | 270 | — | |
| 1970 | #540 | 350 | — | |
| 1969 | #508 | 368 | — | |
| 1968 | #449 | 454 | — | |
| 1967 | #391 | 542 | — | |
| 1966 | #366 | 616 | — | |
| 1965 | #345 | 699 | — | |
| 1964 | #364 | 683 | — | |
| 1963 | #351 | 726 | — | |
| 1962 | #340 | 771 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #343 | 765 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #366 | 686 | — | |
| 1959 | #409 | 532 | — | |
| 1958 | #378 | 587 | — | |
| 1957 | #458 | 424 | — | |
| 1956 | #535 | 304 | — | |
| 1955 | #628 | 219 | — | |
| 1954 | #739 | 156 | — | |
| 1953 | #954 | 98 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,156 | 67 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,314 | 50 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
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| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lesa! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lesa is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#449 · 1 in 3,085
- Missouri#638 · 1 in 6,458
- Michigan#673 · 1 in 6,620
- Ohio#840 · 1 in 10,299
- Pennsylvania#995 · 1 in 13,682
Best ever in a state: #137 in Tennessee, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #449 | 6 | 1 in 3,085 |
| Missouri | #638 | 5 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Michigan | #673 | 9 | 1 in 6,620 |
| Ohio | #840 | 7 | 1 in 10,299 |
| Pennsylvania | #995 | 5 | 1 in 13,682 |
| Texas | #1,031 | 11 | 1 in 10,101 |
| Illinois | #1,053 | 7 | 1 in 10,671 |
| California | #1,517 | 9 | 1 in 18,148 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Lesa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1954 (#954 → #739)
- Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1974 (#749 → #889)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1962 at #340 (771 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1953–1975
- Highest: 1 in 2,525 girls born in 1965 were named Lesa (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #340 in 1962, was only 1 in 2,551 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 55.3% of all girls named Lesa (6,310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,274 (1915) | #4,274 |
| 1920s | 6 | #4,464 (1921) | #4,464 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,218 (1933) | #4,218 |
| 1940s | 117 | #2,008 (1948) | #3,148 |
| 1950s | 2,472 | #378 (1958) | #815 |
| 1960s | 6,310 | #340 (1962) | #382 |
| 1970s | 1,693 | #540 (1970) | #920 |
| 1980s | 547 | #1,474 (1982) | #2,066 |
| 1990s | 205 | #2,695 (1990) | #5,470 |
| 2000s | 32 | #10,745 (2000) | #13,951 |
| 2010s | 17 | #13,793 (2018) | #15,043 |
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.
Lesa in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
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1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 15,738 of them was named Lesa, which outranked 89.6% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,245Mireya103
- #1,245Shawana103
- #1,245Tiffiny103
- #1,251Lesa102
- #1,251Bessie102
- #1,251Cami102
- #1,251Laquisha102
- #1,261Addie101
- #1,261Cary101
- #1,261Elicia101
Tied with 9 names at #1,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.