Leota
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 30 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,447since 1880
Leota over time
Rank among girls' names. Leota has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
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| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #1,738 | 37 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,358 | 51 |
| 1952 | #1,439 | 45 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,161 | 63 |
| 1949 | #1,265 | 52 |
| 1948 | #1,267 | 52 |
| 1947 | #1,031 | 74 |
| 1946 | #922 | 82 |
| 1945 | #873 | 74 |
| 1944 | #817 | 87 |
| 1943 | #758 | 104 |
| 1942 | #773 | 96 |
| 1941 | #655 | 117 |
| 1940 | #607 | 133 |
| 1939 | #599 | 126 |
| 1938 | #580 | 140 |
| 1937 | #516 | 162 |
| 1936 | #519 | 157 |
| 1935 | #549 | 136 |
| 1934 | #523 | 153 |
| 1933 | #499 | 164 |
| 1932 | #479 | 190 |
| 1931 | #465 | 193 |
| 1930 | #473 | 201 |
| 1929 | #462 | 205 |
| 1928 | #459 | 225 |
| 1927 | #447 | 240 |
| 1926 | #438 | 244 |
| 1925 | #410 | 281 |
| 1924 | #391 | 309 |
| 1923 | #409 | 266 |
| 1922 | #390 | 281 |
| 1921 | #359 | 340 |
| 1920 | #355 | 340 |
| 1919 | #364 | 311 |
| 1918 | #344 | 359 |
| 1917 | #352 | 314 |
| 1916 | #329 | 341 |
| 1915 | #336 | 312 |
| 1914 | #334 | 249 |
| 1913 | #335 | 207 |
| 1912 | #370 | 156 |
| 1911 | #362 | 121 |
| 1910 | #375 | 108 |
| 1909 | #368 | 99 |
| 1908 | #361 | 99 |
| 1907 | #398 | 79 |
| 1906 | #359 | 87 |
| 1905 | #347 | 96 |
| 1904 | #311 | 108 |
| 1903 | #351 | 82 |
| 1902 | #370 | 74 |
| 1901 | #352 | 74 |
| 1900 | #337 | 99 |
| 1899 | #339 | 77 |
| 1898 | #315 | 99 |
| 1897 | #348 | 71 |
| 1896 | #298 | 96 |
| 1895 | #346 | 66 |
| 1894 | #359 | 60 |
| 1893 | #319 | 71 |
| 1892 | #320 | 71 |
| 1891 | #325 | 59 |
| 1890 | #332 | 58 |
| 1889 | #349 | 51 |
| 1888 | #320 | 56 |
| 1887 | #324 | 43 |
| 1886 | #342 | 39 |
| 1885 | #313 | 42 |
| 1884 | #315 | 39 |
| 1883 | #366 | 25 |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 |
| 1881 | #325 | 24 |
| 1880 | #282 | 30 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leota was already there! It came in at #282, and was given to 30 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1984, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Leota is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#170 · 1 in 885
- Oklahoma#207 · 1 in 1,036
- Missouri#214 · 1 in 1,372
- Indiana#231 · 1 in 1,873
- Washington#234 · 1 in 1,867
Best ever in a state: #97 in Kansas, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #170 | 17 | 1 in 885 |
| Oklahoma | #207 | 24 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Missouri | #214 | 22 | 1 in 1,372 |
| Indiana | #231 | 14 | 1 in 1,873 |
| Washington | #234 | 5 | 1 in 1,867 |
| Colorado | #246 | 5 | 1 in 1,690 |
| Iowa | #249 | 10 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Nebraska | #263 | 6 | 1 in 1,892 |
| Maryland | #273 | 5 | 1 in 2,779 |
| Michigan | #318 | 12 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Illinois | #326 | 17 | 1 in 3,477 |
| Ohio | #327 | 15 | 1 in 3,665 |
| West Virginia | #346 | 7 | 1 in 2,909 |
| Pennsylvania | #393 | 14 | 1 in 6,563 |
| Arkansas | #423 | 6 | 1 in 3,376 |
| Kentucky | #451 | 6 | 1 in 4,893 |
| California | #512 | 7 | 1 in 5,254 |
| Texas | #616 | 11 | 1 in 5,507 |
| New York | #722 | 5 | 1 in 20,159 |
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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 Leota
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 51 spots in 1884 (#366 → #315)
- Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1942 (#655 → #773)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #282 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 85 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1946
- Highest: 1 in 2,478 girls born in 1896 were named Leota (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #282 in 1880, was only 1 in 3,033 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.1% of all girls named Leota (2,731) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 370 | #282 (1880) | #333 |
| 1890s | 728 | #298 (1896) | #330 |
| 1900s | 897 | #311 (1904) | #355 |
| 1910s | 2,478 | #329 (1916) | #350 |
| 1920s | 2,731 | #355 (1920) | #412 |
| 1930s | 1,622 | #465 (1931) | #520 |
| 1940s | 871 | #607 (1940) | #897 |
| 1950s | 370 | #1,161 (1950) | #1,785 |
| 1960s | 182 | #2,246 (1960) | #3,243 |
| 1970s | 97 | #3,712 (1970) | #6,256 |
| 1980s | 29 | #8,224 (1982) | #9,462 |
| 1990s | 10 | #12,958 (1990) | #13,053 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 30 | #11,615 (2017) | #14,571 |
| 2020s | 32 | #11,146 (2021) | #13,083 |
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.
Leota in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
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1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 4,968 of them was named Leota, which outranked 92.0% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).