Leisa

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
1958 · 344 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,969
since 1948

Leisa over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #523, 1958girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#13,4776
2023#10,3129
2022#10,3839
2021—
2020#12,1427
2019—
2018#15,6825
2017—
2016#14,3316
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2014#16,5135
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2005#11,8348
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2001#8,19612
2000#9,8749
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1998#14,1225
1997#10,8367
1996#9,5818
1995#6,64113
1994#7,60411
1993#6,26414
1992#8,7349
1991#4,20824
1990#4,52321
1989#4,02024
1988#4,30820
1987#3,33127
1986#3,89021
1985#3,17028
1984#2,78132
1983#2,55235
1982#2,83032
1981#2,52937
1980#2,01452
1979#2,52536
1978#1,84154
1977#2,16243
1976#1,99644
1975#2,06042
1974#1,77250
1973#1,60757
1972#1,47365
1971#1,041116
1970#953133
1969#807163
1968#668209
1967#620235
1966#612241
1965#611253
1964#617265
1963#568300
1962#551317
1961#548323
1960#568298
1959#604270
1958#523344
1957#573285
1956#935116
1955#1,22967
1954#1,48146
1953#1,83430
1952#1,74632
1951#2,81014
1950#3,9628
1949#3,17611
1948#4,6516
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five girls were named Leisa! It came in at #4,651, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1998–1999, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Leisa is popular in 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMNIllinois: #663 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,658 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #566 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,360 girlsMINew York: #661 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,978 girlsNYMassachusetts: #452 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,656 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedIAIndiana: #334 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,802 girlsINOhio: #381 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,957 girlsOHPennsylvania: #649 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,591 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #619 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 6,791 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #285 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,344 girlsMOKentucky: #379 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,656 girlsKYWest Virginia: #302 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,148 girlsWVVirginia: #346 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,917 girlsVAMaryland: #476 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,002 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNMKansas: #335 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,631 girlsKSArkansas: #429 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,584 girlsARTennessee: #264 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,929 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #429 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,553 girlsOKLouisiana: #519 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,914 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedMSAlabama: #281 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,894 girlsALGeorgia: #622 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,520 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Leisa, so not publishedHITexas: #501 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 4,318 girlsTXFlorida: #489 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,746 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#264 · 1 in 1,929
  2. Alabama#281 · 1 in 1,894
  3. Missouri#285 · 1 in 2,344
  4. West Virginia#302 · 1 in 2,148
  5. Indiana#334 · 1 in 2,802

Best ever in a state: #131 in Idaho, 1966.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#264191 in 1,929
Alabama#281191 in 1,894
Missouri#285191 in 2,344
West Virginia#30291 in 2,148
Indiana#334181 in 2,802
Kansas#33581 in 2,631
Virginia#346141 in 2,917
Kentucky#37991 in 3,656
Ohio#381271 in 3,957
Arkansas#42951 in 3,584
Oklahoma#42961 in 3,553
Massachusetts#45271 in 7,656
Maryland#47651 in 6,002
Florida#489101 in 4,746
Texas#501261 in 4,318
Louisiana#51981 in 4,914
Michigan#566111 in 8,360
California#619241 in 6,791
Georgia#62261 in 7,520
Pennsylvania#649101 in 11,591
New York#661171 in 9,978
Illinois#663111 in 9,658
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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 Leisa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 362 spots in 1957 (#935 → #573)
  • Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1970 (#807 → #953)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1958 at #523 (344 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1956–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,848
  • Highest: 1 in 5,848 girls born in 1958 were named Leisa (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 52.4% of all girls named Leisa (2,604) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s17#3,176 (1949)#3,914
1950s1,212#523 (1958)#1,570
1960s2,604#548 (1961)#617
1970s640#953 (1970)#1,743
1980s308#2,014 (1980)#3,143
1990s112#4,208 (1991)#8,057
2000s29#8,196 (2001)#9,968
2010s16#14,331 (2016)#15,509
2020s31#10,312 (2023)#11,579

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.

Leisa in 1958

girls
#523
344 births · 1 in 5,848 girls

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #523Leisa344
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 5,848 of them was named Leisa, which outranked 92.6% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leisa
  1. #520Delphine348
  2. #521Deana347
  3. #522Benita345
  4. #523Leisa344
  5. #523Mari344
  6. #525Rosalyn343
  7. #526Roslyn341
  8. #527Maryellen337

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →