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
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 878since 1916
Le over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1960 at #2,512 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 23.2% of all girls named Le (204) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2013, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,552 (1916) | #3,552 |
| 1920s | 11 | #4,286 (1927) | #4,627 |
| 1930s | 27 | #3,431 (1935) | #3,563 |
| 1940s | 39 | #3,034 (1946) | #3,796 |
| 1950s | 104 | #2,810 (1951) | #3,899 |
| 1960s | 184 | #2,512 (1960) | #3,018 |
| 1970s | 119 | #3,789 (1971) | #5,269 |
| 1980s | 204 | #2,645 (1982) | #4,509 |
| 1990s | 146 | #3,968 (1992) | #6,258 |
| 2000s | 37 | #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 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 149,191 of them was named Le, which outranked 31.2% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 59,339 of them was named Le, which outranked 57.0% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,849Welby16
- #1,849Wray16
- #1,849Zygmund16
- #1,949Le15
- #1,949Aden15
- #1,949Aime15
- #1,949Albertus15
- #2,043Acy14
- #2,043Adron14
- #2,043Alwyn14
Tied with 93 names at #1,949; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.