Lesia

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902

Peak · girls
1965 · 280 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,180
since 1948

Lesia over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #572, 1965girls
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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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2017#15,9025
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2002#12,1877
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1995#13,3865
1994#7,09712
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1992#13,3175
1991#6,58813
1990#7,88010
1989#12,3625
1988#9,2447
1987#7,3539
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1985#6,03111
1984#5,22213
1983#5,82411
1982#5,53412
1981#4,53216
1980#5,54412
1979#6,18910
1978#3,09825
1977#3,26723
1976#2,72828
1975#2,56530
1974#2,34833
1973#1,54860
1972#1,57858
1971#1,41574
1970#1,23890
1969#965123
1968#898132
1967#812150
1966#648220
1965#572280
1964#664237
1963#637251
1962#689223
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1959#950122
1958#1,13687
1957#1,11688
1956#1,45353
1955#1,64139
1954#1,76934
1953#1,97327
1952#2,07424
1951#2,57716
1950#4,7386
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First appearance
1948

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


Quietest stretch: 1949, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lesia is popular in 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedWIMichigan: #721 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,179 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedINOhio: #913 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,545 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #589 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,702 girlsMOKentucky: #364 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,075 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #520 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,580 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedKSArkansas: #265 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,495 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #465 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,378 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #344 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,227 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedLAMississippi: #266 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,437 girlsMSAlabama: #403 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,970 girlsALGeorgia: #298 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,941 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lesia, so not publishedHITexas: #1,280 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,388 girlsTXFlorida: #624 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,916 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#265 · 1 in 1,495
  2. Mississippi#266 · 1 in 1,437
  3. Georgia#298 · 1 in 1,941
  4. Oklahoma#344 · 1 in 2,227
  5. Kentucky#364 · 1 in 3,075

Best ever in a state: #164 in Mississippi, 1965.

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Arkansas#26591 in 1,495
Mississippi#266131 in 1,437
Georgia#298191 in 1,941
Oklahoma#34471 in 2,227
Kentucky#36481 in 3,075
Alabama#40391 in 2,970
North Carolina#46591 in 4,378
Virginia#52061 in 5,580
Missouri#58951 in 6,702
Florida#62471 in 5,916
Michigan#72171 in 10,179
Ohio#91351 in 16,545
Texas#1,28051 in 18,388
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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 Lesia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
  • Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1960 (#950 → #717)
  • Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1970 (#965 → #1,238)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1965 at #572 (280 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1959–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,304
  • Highest: 1 in 6,304 girls born in 1965 were named Lesia (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 345,292 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 65.8% of all girls named Lesia (2,094) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s6#4,651 (1948)#4,651
1950s496#950 (1959)#1,943
1960s2,094#572 (1965)#721
1970s431#1,238 (1970)#2,597
1980s96#4,532 (1981)#6,850
1990s45#6,588 (1991)#9,654
2000s7#12,187 (2002)#12,187
2010s5#15,902 (2017)#15,902

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.

Lesia in 1967

girls
#812
150 births · 1 in 11,007 girls

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #812Lesia150
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 11,007 of them was named Lesia, which outranked 89.7% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lesia
  1. #809Nannette152
  2. #809Violet152
  3. #811Andra151
  4. #812Lesia150
  5. #812Darci150
  6. #812Roxanna150
  7. #815Clare149
  8. #815Dorene149
  9. #815Karie149

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

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,873Anissa#2,519 → #646
  2. ↑ 1,660Buffy#2,453 → #793
  3. ↑ 1,522Nichelle#2,022 → #500
  4. ↑ 893Josette#1,621 → #728
  5. ↑ 862Lissette#1,600 → #738
Fallers
  1. ↓ 792Tatia#668 → #1,460
  2. ↓ 531Inger#929 → #1,460
  3. ↓ 400Sonji#639 → #1,039
  4. ↓ 389Sunday#983 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 325Cinda#944 → #1,269

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

See the top 100 for 1967 →