Leda
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 1904 · 41 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,448since 1880
Leda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leda has never cracked the top 500 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 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 |
| 1960 | #1,789 | 40 |
| 1959 | #1,765 | 39 |
| 1958 | #1,856 | 35 |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,454 | 44 |
| 1951 | #1,303 | 51 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,409 | 43 |
| 1948 | #1,576 | 35 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 |
| 1945 | #1,312 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,099 | 42 |
| 1936 | #1,345 | 29 |
| 1935 | #1,073 | 42 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,119 | 43 |
| 1928 | #1,223 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,139 | 45 |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1925 | #1,089 | 49 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,142 | 45 |
| 1922 | #1,078 | 50 |
| 1921 | #1,168 | 43 |
| 1920 | #931 | 61 |
| 1919 | #1,121 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1916 | #915 | 55 |
| 1915 | #1,040 | 41 |
| 1914 | #988 | 36 |
| 1913 | #946 | 32 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #848 | 19 |
| 1904 | #511 | 41 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 |
| 1901 | #630 | 25 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 |
| 1895 | #622 | 24 |
| 1894 | #535 | 29 |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leda was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
See more about Leda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 768 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #8,362)
- 1,150 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #8,362)
- 3,381 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 315 spots in 1886 (#921 → #606)
- Biggest drop: 337 spots in 1905 (#511 → #848)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #511 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1880–1905
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,716
- Highest: 1 in 6,716 girls born in 1904 were named Leda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 13.2% of all girls named Leda (455) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 85 | #580 (1880) | #774 |
| 1890s | 190 | #535 (1894) | #707 |
| 1900s | 214 | #511 (1904) | #816 |
| 1910s | 363 | #915 (1916) | #1,013 |
| 1920s | 455 | #931 (1920) | #1,137 |
| 1930s | 334 | #1,073 (1935) | #1,270 |
| 1940s | 334 | #1,242 (1940) | #1,497 |
| 1950s | 389 | #1,303 (1951) | #1,651 |
| 1960s | 317 | #1,708 (1964) | #2,157 |
| 1970s | 166 | #2,522 (1970) | #4,069 |
| 1980s | 142 | #3,517 (1985) | #5,539 |
| 1990s | 101 | #5,286 (1990) | #8,720 |
| 2000s | 107 | #8,196 (2001) | #9,764 |
| 2010s | 156 | #4,981 (2015) | #8,195 |
| 2020s | 95 | #5,465 (2022) | #7,141 |
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.
Leda in 1887
girls
#733
10 births · 1 in 14,598 girls
Top girls' names in 1887
More about 1887
girls
145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 14,598 of them was named Leda, which outranked 43.9% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).