Lesia
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 280 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,180since 1948
Lesia over time
Rank among girls' names. Lesia has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
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| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
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| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 60 |
| 1972 | #1,578 | 58 |
| 1971 | #1,415 | 74 |
| 1970 | #1,238 | 90 |
| 1969 | #965 | 123 |
| 1968 | #898 | 132 |
| 1967 | #812 | 150 |
| 1966 | #648 | 220 |
| 1965 | #572 | 280 |
| 1964 | #664 | 237 |
| 1963 | #637 | 251 |
| 1962 | #689 | 223 |
| 1961 | #606 | 276 |
| 1960 | #717 | 202 |
| 1959 | #950 | 122 |
| 1958 | #1,136 | 87 |
| 1957 | #1,116 | 88 |
| 1956 | #1,453 | 53 |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
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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 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#292 · 1 in 1,703
- Mississippi#413 · 1 in 2,684
- Kentucky#435 · 1 in 3,712
- Alabama#529 · 1 in 4,517
- North Carolina#579 · 1 in 5,984
Best ever in a state: #164 in Mississippi, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #292 | 8 | 1 in 1,703 |
| Mississippi | #413 | 7 | 1 in 2,684 |
| Kentucky | #435 | 7 | 1 in 3,712 |
| Alabama | #529 | 6 | 1 in 4,517 |
| North Carolina | #579 | 7 | 1 in 5,984 |
| Georgia | #607 | 7 | 1 in 5,773 |
| Texas | #1,156 | 7 | 1 in 14,883 |
| New York | #1,602 | 5 | 1 in 28,281 |
| California | #1,711 | 6 | 1 in 27,338 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1960 (#950 → #717)
- Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1970 (#965 → #1,238)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1965 at #572 (280 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1959–1969
- 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%)
- 65.8% of all girls named Lesia (2,094) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,651 (1948) | #4,651 |
| 1950s | 496 | #950 (1959) | #1,943 |
| 1960s | 2,094 | #572 (1965) | #721 |
| 1970s | 431 | #1,238 (1970) | #2,597 |
| 1980s | 96 | #4,532 (1981) | #6,850 |
| 1990s | 45 | #6,588 (1991) | #9,654 |
| 2000s | 7 | #12,187 (2002) | #12,187 |
| 2010s | 5 | #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 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 19,424 of them was named Lesia, which outranked 86.8% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,224Ruthie91
- #1,224Sheena91
- #1,224Sherita91
- #1,238Lesia90
- #1,238Bethann90
- #1,238Catalina90
- #1,238Cherrie90
- #1,247Bonny89
- #1,247Chanel89
- #1,247Erinn89
Tied with 8 names at #1,238; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.