Leda

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births

Peak · girls
1904 · 41 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,448
since 1880

Leda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leda has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #511, 1904girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,36212
2024#7,59414
2023#7,24715
2022#5,46523
2021#6,96716
2020#7,21215
2019#6,69817
2018#6,79217
2017#6,53118
2016#5,44524
2015#4,98127
2014#8,48513
2013#13,1507
2012#10,42910
2011#8,19614
2010#11,2469
2009#11,4599
2008#10,80710
2007#9,00713
2006#8,23714
2005#9,45211
2004#8,71612
2003#12,4087
2002#9,48210
2001#8,19612
2000#9,8749
1999#8,22311
1998#12,4266
1997#7,74211
1996#8,13210
1995#9,5538
1994#6,67213
1993#10,5887
1992#7,06712
1991#11,5096
1990#5,28617
1989#4,35821
1988#4,17221
1987#7,3539
1986#5,18814
1985#3,51724
1984#5,89911
1983#5,14813
1982#5,53412
1981#6,8049
1980#7,4188
1979#4,84214
1978#4,93113
1977#3,61220
1976#3,54019
1975#4,85412
1974#4,72012
1973#4,58612
1972#3,71416
1971#3,37319
1970#2,52229
1969#2,45428
1968#2,63023
1967#2,27228
1966#2,09431
1965#2,06432
1964#1,70846
1963#2,09432
1962#2,16330
1961#2,29927
1960#1,78940
1959#1,76539
1958#1,85635
1957#1,72839
1956#1,66241
1955#1,73336
1954#1,73935
1953#1,58638
1952#1,45444
1951#1,30351
1950#1,67931
1949#1,40943
1948#1,57635
1947#1,43842
1946#1,39439
1945#1,31237
1944#1,48630
1943#1,59128
1942#1,98119
1941#1,53826
1940#1,24235
1939#1,35030
1938#1,28832
1937#1,09942
1936#1,34529
1935#1,07342
1934#1,14838
1933#1,33029
1932#1,52025
1931#1,25833
1930#1,28934
1929#1,11943
1928#1,22339
1927#1,13945
1926#1,27937
1925#1,08949
1924#1,20643
1923#1,14245
1922#1,07850
1921#1,16843
1920#93161
1919#1,12143
1918#1,04148
1917#1,07943
1916#91555
1915#1,04041
1914#98836
1913#94632
1912#93829
1911#1,03118
1910#1,03018
1909#96118
1908#97017
1907#87119
1906#1,04313
1905#84819
1904#51141
1903#78919
1902#75621
1901#63025
1900#78022
1899#68021
1898#96313
1897#68121
1896#72819
1895#62224
1894#53529
1893#71317
1892#63820
1891#75013
1890#75813
1889#83910
1888#83710
1887#73310
1886#60614
1885#9216
1884#7319
1883#7547
1882#9085
1881#8305
1880#5809
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s85#580 (1880)#774
1890s190#535 (1894)#707
1900s214#511 (1904)#816
1910s363#915 (1916)#1,013
1920s455#931 (1920)#1,137
1930s334#1,073 (1935)#1,270
1940s334#1,242 (1940)#1,497
1950s389#1,303 (1951)#1,651
1960s317#1,708 (1964)#2,157
1970s166#2,522 (1970)#4,069
1980s142#3,517 (1985)#5,539
1990s101#5,286 (1990)#8,720
2000s107#8,196 (2001)#9,764
2010s156#4,981 (2015)#8,195
2020s95#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 1898

girls
#963
13 births · 1 in 19,905 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #963Leda13
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 19,905 of them was named Leda, which outranked 51.2% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leda
  1. #920Verla14
  2. #920Versie14
  3. #920Veva14
  4. #963Leda13
  5. #963Alena13
  6. #963Alida13
  7. #963Alverta13
  8. #1,009Aggie12
  9. #1,009Altie12
  10. #1,009Antonette12

Tied with 45 names at #963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. 958Manila#1,263#305
  2. 889Ouida#1,555#666
  3. 858Ula#1,555#697
  4. 836Sofia#1,555#719
  5. 715Leonor#1,555#840
Fallers
  1. 833Vertie#867#1,700
  2. 821Fae#681#1,502
  3. 805Beda#895#1,700
  4. 805Nolia#895#1,700
  5. 769Azzie#931#1,700

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

See the top 100 for 1898