Leta
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · girls
- 1890 · 63 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,944since 1880
Leta over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leta has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 |
| 1975 | #2,321 | 35 |
| 1974 | #2,254 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 |
| 1971 | #1,772 | 50 |
| 1970 | #1,781 | 50 |
| 1969 | #1,480 | 63 |
| 1968 | #1,387 | 65 |
| 1967 | #1,360 | 65 |
| 1966 | #1,368 | 64 |
| 1965 | #1,366 | 65 |
| 1964 | #1,182 | 87 |
| 1963 | #1,150 | 90 |
| 1962 | #1,081 | 100 |
| 1961 | #952 | 129 |
| 1960 | #904 | 136 |
| 1959 | #997 | 112 |
| 1958 | #947 | 119 |
| 1957 | #871 | 136 |
| 1956 | #850 | 136 |
| 1955 | #811 | 142 |
| 1954 | #692 | 183 |
| 1953 | #702 | 170 |
| 1952 | #702 | 162 |
| 1951 | #733 | 142 |
| 1950 | #733 | 137 |
| 1949 | #636 | 170 |
| 1948 | #734 | 132 |
| 1947 | #678 | 153 |
| 1946 | #743 | 120 |
| 1945 | #731 | 104 |
| 1944 | #630 | 135 |
| 1943 | #657 | 133 |
| 1942 | #704 | 112 |
| 1941 | #598 | 139 |
| 1940 | #602 | 134 |
| 1939 | #565 | 142 |
| 1938 | #565 | 146 |
| 1937 | #602 | 125 |
| 1936 | #522 | 154 |
| 1935 | #525 | 150 |
| 1934 | #494 | 169 |
| 1933 | #491 | 167 |
| 1932 | #521 | 159 |
| 1931 | #510 | 162 |
| 1930 | #461 | 213 |
| 1929 | #486 | 191 |
| 1928 | #469 | 214 |
| 1927 | #462 | 229 |
| 1926 | #451 | 225 |
| 1925 | #504 | 195 |
| 1924 | #532 | 183 |
| 1923 | #483 | 204 |
| 1922 | #487 | 200 |
| 1921 | #480 | 206 |
| 1920 | #448 | 225 |
| 1919 | #497 | 183 |
| 1918 | #435 | 233 |
| 1917 | #463 | 196 |
| 1916 | #424 | 219 |
| 1915 | #402 | 224 |
| 1914 | #441 | 153 |
| 1913 | #434 | 130 |
| 1912 | #406 | 130 |
| 1911 | #406 | 98 |
| 1910 | #400 | 97 |
| 1909 | #377 | 96 |
| 1908 | #399 | 83 |
| 1907 | #376 | 87 |
| 1906 | #382 | 81 |
| 1905 | #342 | 98 |
| 1904 | #351 | 86 |
| 1903 | #346 | 83 |
| 1902 | #351 | 82 |
| 1901 | #352 | 74 |
| 1900 | #346 | 93 |
| 1899 | #374 | 60 |
| 1898 | #322 | 95 |
| 1897 | #332 | 78 |
| 1896 | #334 | 76 |
| 1895 | #334 | 73 |
| 1894 | #343 | 65 |
| 1893 | #364 | 55 |
| 1892 | #351 | 56 |
| 1891 | #372 | 45 |
| 1890 | #317 | 63 |
| 1889 | #319 | 59 |
| 1888 | #374 | 41 |
| 1887 | #378 | 32 |
| 1886 | #439 | 24 |
| 1885 | #354 | 32 |
| 1884 | #425 | 22 |
| 1883 | #366 | 25 |
| 1882 | #475 | 15 |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 |
| 1880 | #388 | 18 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leta was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leta is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Kansas#154 · 1 in 778
- Oklahoma#185 · 1 in 877
- Iowa#327 · 1 in 3,707
- Arkansas#334 · 1 in 2,282
- Texas#335 · 1 in 1,885
Best ever in a state: #121 in Nebraska, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #154 | 18 | 1 in 778 |
| Oklahoma | #185 | 26 | 1 in 877 |
| Iowa | #327 | 5 | 1 in 3,707 |
| Arkansas | #334 | 8 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Texas | #335 | 32 | 1 in 1,885 |
| Missouri | #381 | 7 | 1 in 3,953 |
| Michigan | #395 | 8 | 1 in 5,254 |
| Illinois | #456 | 9 | 1 in 6,340 |
| Kentucky | #463 | 5 | 1 in 5,292 |
| Ohio | #467 | 7 | 1 in 7,340 |
| North Carolina | #505 | 5 | 1 in 7,175 |
| New York | #559 | 8 | 1 in 12,076 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 511 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #9,457)
- 4,700 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #9,457)
- 1,409 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 109 spots in 1883 (#475 → #366)
- Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1962 (#952 → #1,081)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #317 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 91 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 82 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,724
- Highest: 1 in 2,724 girls born in 1898 were named Leta (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #317 in 1890, was only 1 in 3,022 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 17.3% of all girls named Leta (2,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 289 | #319 (1889) | #388 |
| 1890s | 666 | #317 (1890) | #344 |
| 1900s | 863 | #342 (1905) | #362 |
| 1910s | 1,663 | #400 (1910) | #431 |
| 1920s | 2,072 | #448 (1920) | #480 |
| 1930s | 1,587 | #461 (1930) | #526 |
| 1940s | 1,332 | #598 (1941) | #671 |
| 1950s | 1,439 | #692 (1954) | #804 |
| 1960s | 864 | #904 (1960) | #1,223 |
| 1970s | 426 | #1,772 (1971) | #2,077 |
| 1980s | 265 | #2,342 (1980) | #3,477 |
| 1990s | 156 | #4,208 (1991) | #6,198 |
| 2000s | 124 | #5,969 (2004) | #9,267 |
| 2010s | 119 | #5,797 (2014) | #8,704 |
| 2020s | 79 | #4,757 (2020) | #8,668 |
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.
Leta in 1929
girls
#486
191 births · 1 in 5,846 girls
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 5,846 of them was named Leta, which outranked 90.8% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).