Lea
#848 for girls in 2025, 321 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 98.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 593 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,848since 1880
Lea over time
Rank among girls' names. Lea has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #848 | 321 | — | |
| 2024 | #833 | 327 | — | |
| 2023 | #803 | 349 | — | |
| 2022 | #784 | 362 | — | |
| 2021 | #752 | 378 | — | |
| 2020 | #749 | 363 | — | |
| 2019 | #726 | 389 | — | |
| 2018 | #709 | 410 | — | |
| 2017 | #810 | 337 | — | |
| 2016 | #690 | 422 | — | |
| 2015 | #739 | 382 | — | |
| 2014 | #681 | 416 | — | |
| 2013 | #599 | 473 | — | |
| 2012 | #609 | 470 | — | |
| 2011 | #556 | 528 | — | |
| 2010 | #569 | 514 | — | |
| 2009 | #675 | 431 | — | |
| 2008 | #643 | 479 | — | |
| 2007 | #680 | 432 | — | |
| 2006 | #607 | 481 | — | |
| 2005 | #601 | 473 | — | |
| 2004 | #616 | 446 | — | |
| 2003 | #668 | 396 | — | |
| 2002 | #665 | 382 | — | |
| 2001 | #685 | 363 | — | |
| 2000 | #662 | 367 | — | |
| 1999 | #643 | 365 | — | |
| 1998 | #635 | 365 | — | |
| 1997 | #615 | 367 | — | |
| 1996 | #567 | 409 | — | |
| 1995 | #649 | 332 | — | |
| 1994 | #595 | 378 | — | |
| 1993 | #584 | 402 | — | |
| 1992 | #631 | 358 | — | |
| 1991 | #589 | 389 | — | |
| 1990 | #516 | 466 | — | |
| 1989 | #565 | 395 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #543 | 402 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #560 | 357 | — | |
| 1986 | #570 | 345 | — | |
| 1985 | #527 | 378 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #494 | 404 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #537 | 349 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #519 | 384 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #459 | 466 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #457 | 464 | — | |
| 1979 | #436 | 472 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #502 | 385 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #481 | 398 | — | |
| 1976 | #510 | 349 | — | |
| 1975 | #466 | 403 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #431 | 449 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #443 | 424 | — | |
| 1972 | #434 | 444 | — | |
| 1971 | #400 | 536 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #396 | 593 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #419 | 527 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #428 | 491 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #402 | 519 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #436 | 465 | — | |
| 1965 | #455 | 442 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #482 | 403 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #458 | 450 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #470 | 420 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #480 | 403 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #503 | 373 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #475 | 416 | — | |
| 1958 | #450 | 446 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #515 | 342 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #478 | 382 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #502 | 338 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #579 | 243 | — | |
| 1953 | #644 | 192 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #599 | 210 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #670 | 171 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #703 | 149 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #748 | 131 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #673 | 153 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #678 | 153 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #732 | 122 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #768 | 95 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #836 | 83 | — | |
| 1943 | #801 | 92 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #773 | 96 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #713 | 97 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #868 | 65 | — | |
| 1938 | #830 | 72 | — | |
| 1937 | #775 | 78 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #888 | 59 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #874 | 62 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #804 | 70 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #826 | 65 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #969 | 53 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #806 | 71 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #810 | 76 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #922 | 60 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #845 | 73 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #898 | 69 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #911 | 67 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #970 | 59 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #976 | 61 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #901 | 66 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #803 | 82 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #928 | 64 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #921 | 62 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #806 | 76 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #739 | 93 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #849 | 65 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #767 | 80 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #856 | 58 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #769 | 56 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #803 | 43 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #747 | 45 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #594 | 51 | — | |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 | — | |
| 1909 | #773 | 27 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 | — | |
| 1907 | #749 | 25 | — | |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1905 | #761 | 23 | — | |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 | — | |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 | — | |
| 1902 | #667 | 25 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #586 | 30 | — | |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 | — | |
| 1896 | #651 | 23 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #557 | 27 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | — | |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 | — | |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #542 | 16 | — | |
| 1884 | #541 | 15 | — | |
| 1883 | #561 | 12 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lea was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lea
- 15 spots since 2024 (#833 → #848)
- 99 spots since 2020 (#749 → #848)
- 109 spots since 2015 (#739 → #848)
- Biggest jump: 335 spots in 1896 (#986 → #651)
- Biggest drop: 429 spots in 1895 (#557 → #986)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1970 at #396 (593 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,948 girls born in 1970 were named Lea (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,007 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 13.3% of all girls named Lea (4,493) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #541 (1884) | #706 |
| 1890s | 186 | #557 (1894) | #725 |
| 1900s | 234 | #649 (1908) | #765 |
| 1910s | 590 | #594 (1911) | #783 |
| 1920s | 663 | #803 (1922) | #908 |
| 1930s | 671 | #775 (1937) | #845 |
| 1940s | 1,099 | #673 (1948) | #753 |
| 1950s | 2,889 | #450 (1958) | #562 |
| 1960s | 4,493 | #402 (1967) | #453 |
| 1970s | 4,453 | #396 (1970) | #450 |
| 1980s | 3,944 | #457 (1980) | #523 |
| 1990s | 3,831 | #516 (1990) | #602 |
| 2000s | 4,250 | #601 (2005) | #650 |
| 2010s | 4,341 | #556 (2011) | #669 |
| 2020s | 2,100 | #749 (2020) | #795 |
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.
Lea in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 5,979 of them was named Lea, which outranked 92.7% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 359,539 of them was named Lea, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).