Le

Last seen for girls in 2006 at #15,152 · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #9,642
Given to girls 53.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1960 · 23 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
878
since 1916

Le over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #2,512, 1960peak #917, 1888girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#9,6427
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006#15,1526
2005#16,4625
2004#16,0995
2003#10,8945
2002#15,4325#5,72512
2001#12,0567#6,9359
2000#9,8749#4,57316
1999#4,16217
1998#8,01611#5,46611
1997#6,84413#8,1106
1996#8,13210#7,1367
1995#8,07910#6,4078
1994#7,60411#4,80312
1993#4,67121#3,81916
1992#3,96826#4,56412
1991#5,00419#3,46217
1990#4,00325#3,05820
1989#6,16013#4,01713
1988#7,6919#3,70513
1987#5,07415#6,0896
1986#6,15611#3,13115
1985#3,98320#3,59912
1984#4,16618#3,45912
1983#2,91029#4,4998
1982#2,64535#3,10814
1981#2,98629#4,5098
1980#3,31825#6,2505
1979#4,62615#3,56911
1978#4,07917#4,5547
1977#7,5677#3,60610
1976#7,2967#3,7249
1975#7,1737#4,7976
1974#5,36010#5,2275
1973#3,97115#3,4459
1972#4,79311#3,9637
1971#3,78916#3,6588
1970#4,03814
1969#3,95813
1968#2,87420#2,9079
1967#3,34015#3,5596
1966#2,58622#2,9868
1965#3,05017#3,2447
1964#3,51514#3,0508
1963#2,78020#3,3187
1962#2,60522#4,0335
1961#2,95718
1960#2,51223
1959#3,61912#3,6196
1958#2,86217
1957#3,69611#3,2577
1956#4,1619#3,2167
1955#3,22513#2,55810
1954#3,71810#3,4526
1953#4,5957#3,7985
1952#5,5635#2,6809
1951#2,81014#2,8448
1950#4,7386#2,43810
1949#3,17611#2,6069
1948#2,7888
1947
1946#3,03411#3,1736
1945#4,0256#2,9966
1944#4,0546#2,8627
1943#4,6915
1942#3,2126
1941
1940#2,17911
1939#2,4499
1938#3,4507
1937#3,1756
1936#3,5495
1935#3,4317#2,7198
1934#3,8026
1933
1932#3,5687#3,0927
1931#2,8648
1930#3,0228
1929#2,58910
1928#2,16214
1927#4,2866#2,52311
1926#2,30213
1925#2,75510
1924#2,47312
1923#4,9675#2,44612
1922#2,34713
1921#3,2148
1920#2,60211
1919#2,66510
1918#3,0968
1917#2,56210
1916#3,5527#1,94915
1915#2,07013
1914#1,86812
1913#2,2737
1912
1911#1,7405
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1888#9176
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Le! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Le
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1960 at #2,512 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 48,381
  • Highest: 1 in 48,381 girls born in 1982 were named Le (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 316,868 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,512 in 1960, was only 1 in 87,910 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 23.2% of all girls named Le (204) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
  • Mostly girls until 2013, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#3,552 (1916)#3,552
1920s11#4,286 (1927)#4,627
1930s27#3,431 (1935)#3,563
1940s39#3,034 (1946)#3,796
1950s104#2,810 (1951)#3,899
1960s184#2,512 (1960)#3,018
1970s119#3,789 (1971)#5,269
1980s204#2,645 (1982)#4,509
1990s146#3,968 (1992)#6,258
2000s37#9,874 (2000)#14,179

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.

Le in 1888

boys
#917
6 births · 1 in 20,142 boys

Top boys' names in 1888

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #917Le6
More about 1888

boys

120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 20,142 of them was named Le, which outranked 22.1% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Le
  1. #815Volney7
  2. #815Willian7
  3. #815Zollie7
  4. #917Le6
  5. #917Abbott6
  6. #917Alan6
  7. #917Alden6
  8. #1,031Ad5
  9. #1,031Ada5
  10. #1,031Addie5

Tied with 113 names at #917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. 416Dell#921#505
  2. 416Reed#921#505
  3. 377Simeon#819#442
  4. 375Hardy#752#377
  5. 367Hazel#921#554
Fallers
  1. 487Connie#544#1,031
  2. 448Alice#583#1,031
  3. 448Shelton#583#1,031
  4. 401Bruno#516#917
  5. 401Young#516#917

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

See the top 100 for 1888