Leesa
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 318 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,124since 1946
Leesa over time
Rank among girls' names. Leesa has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
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| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 |
| 1992 | #3,218 | 35 |
| 1991 | #2,703 | 44 |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 |
| 1989 | #2,338 | 50 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 |
| 1987 | #2,024 | 55 |
| 1986 | #2,170 | 48 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 |
| 1984 | #2,421 | 39 |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 |
| 1981 | #1,912 | 56 |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 |
| 1979 | #1,814 | 59 |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 |
| 1977 | #1,922 | 51 |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 |
| 1975 | #1,571 | 63 |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 |
| 1973 | #1,805 | 47 |
| 1972 | #1,212 | 88 |
| 1971 | #1,322 | 81 |
| 1970 | #1,212 | 92 |
| 1969 | #1,007 | 115 |
| 1968 | #841 | 147 |
| 1967 | #935 | 119 |
| 1966 | #913 | 122 |
| 1965 | #915 | 121 |
| 1964 | #932 | 127 |
| 1963 | #827 | 159 |
| 1962 | #916 | 133 |
| 1961 | #737 | 199 |
| 1960 | #721 | 197 |
| 1959 | #735 | 190 |
| 1958 | #697 | 201 |
| 1957 | #734 | 186 |
| 1956 | #525 | 318 |
| 1955 | #1,209 | 69 |
| 1954 | #1,409 | 51 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Leesa! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2006, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leesa is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#595 · 1 in 6,116
- Ohio#810 · 1 in 10,635
- Florida#889 · 1 in 8,896
- Michigan#924 · 1 in 12,378
- Texas#1,169 · 1 in 13,767
Best ever in a state: #206 in Utah, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #595 | 6 | 1 in 6,116 |
| Ohio | #810 | 7 | 1 in 10,635 |
| Florida | #889 | 5 | 1 in 8,896 |
| Michigan | #924 | 5 | 1 in 12,378 |
| Texas | #1,169 | 7 | 1 in 13,767 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Leesa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 684 spots in 1956 (#1,209 → #525)
- Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1957 (#525 → #734)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1956 at #525 (318 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1956–1968
- Highest: 1 in 6,314 girls born in 1956 were named Leesa (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,744 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 34.9% of all girls named Leesa (1,439) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 41 | #2,514 (1949) | #3,514 |
| 1950s | 1,125 | #525 (1956) | #1,325 |
| 1960s | 1,439 | #721 (1960) | #874 |
| 1970s | 622 | #1,212 (1970) | #1,671 |
| 1980s | 477 | #1,886 (1980) | #2,214 |
| 1990s | 323 | #2,703 (1991) | #3,605 |
| 2000s | 81 | #6,208 (2000) | #10,580 |
| 2010s | 16 | #14,124 (2017) | #15,685 |
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.
Leesa in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 17,287 of them was named Leesa, which outranked 87.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,205Kenyetta89
- #1,205Laticia89
- #1,205Liane89
- #1,212Leesa88
- #1,212Haley88
- #1,212Janene88
- #1,212Lizette88
- #1,219Chanel87
- #1,219Charleen87
- #1,219Jacinda87
Tied with 6 names at #1,212; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.