Leta

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births

Peak · girls
#317
1890 · 63 births
Debut · girls
1880
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,944
since 1880

Leta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leta has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #317, 1890girls
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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#9,45710
2024#8,94611
2023#8,05513
2022#11,2318
2021#9,56210
2020#4,75727
2019#7,71614
2018#8,14613
2017#7,84014
2016#7,60215
2015#10,8669
2014#5,79722
2013#11,9698
2012—
2011#8,61413
2010#9,79011
2009#15,2426
2008#10,08411
2007#9,53912
2006#9,90111
2005#7,13816
2004#5,96920
2003#12,4087
2002#7,04515
2001#7,31714
2000#8,02712
1999#6,48415
1998#6,71914
1997#7,28312
1996#5,77116
1995#7,51411
1994#5,44517
1993#6,26414
1992#8,06510
1991#4,20824
1990#4,23023
1989#3,67327
1988#4,17221
1987#3,62424
1986#4,53917
1985#4,63516
1984#2,91530
1983#3,24225
1982#2,64535
1981#2,98629
1980#2,34241
1979#2,11247
1978#2,57233
1977#2,02647
1976#2,21038
1975#2,32135
1974#2,25435
1973#1,77349
1972#1,94642
1971#1,77250
1970#1,78150
1969#1,48063
1968#1,38765
1967#1,36065
1966#1,36864
1965#1,36665
1964#1,18287
1963#1,15090
1962#1,081100
1961#952129
1960#904136
1959#997112
1958#947119
1957#871136
1956#850136
1955#811142
1954#692183
1953#702170
1952#702162
1951#733142
1950#733137
1949#636170
1948#734132
1947#678153
1946#743120
1945#731104
1944#630135
1943#657133
1942#704112
1941#598139
1940#602134
1939#565142
1938#565146
1937#602125
1936#522154
1935#525150
1934#494169
1933#491167
1932#521159
1931#510162
1930#461213
1929#486191
1928#469214
1927#462229
1926#451225
1925#504195
1924#532183
1923#483204
1922#487200
1921#480206
1920#448225
1919#497183
1918#435233
1917#463196
1916#424219
1915#402224
1914#441153
1913#434130
1912#406130
1911#40698
1910#40097
1909#37796
1908#39983
1907#37687
1906#38281
1905#34298
1904#35186
1903#34683
1902#35182
1901#35274
1900#34693
1899#37460
1898#32295
1897#33278
1896#33476
1895#33473
1894#34365
1893#36455
1892#35156
1891#37245
1890#31763
1889#31959
1888#37441
1887#37832
1886#43924
1885#35432
1884#42522
1883#36625
1882#47515
1881#36021
1880#38818
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Leta was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Leta
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 511 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #9,457)
  • 4,700 spots since 2020 (#4,757 → #9,457)
  • 1,409 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 109 spots in 1883 (#475 → #366)
  • Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1962 (#952 → #1,081)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #317 (63 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 91 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 82 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,724
  • Highest: 1 in 2,724 girls born in 1898 were named Leta (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #317 in 1890, was only 1 in 3,022 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.3% of all girls named Leta (2,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s289#319 (1889)#388
1890s666#317 (1890)#344
1900s863#342 (1905)#362
1910s1,663#400 (1910)#431
1920s2,072#448 (1920)#480
1930s1,587#461 (1930)#526
1940s1,332#598 (1941)#671
1950s1,439#692 (1954)#804
1960s864#904 (1960)#1,223
1970s426#1,772 (1971)#2,077
1980s265#2,342 (1980)#3,477
1990s156#4,208 (1991)#6,198
2000s124#5,969 (2004)#9,267
2010s119#5,797 (2014)#8,704
2020s79#4,757 (2020)#8,668

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.

Leta in 1963

girls
#1,150
90 births · 1 in 21,417 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #1,150Leta90
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 21,417 of them was named Leta, which outranked 85.0% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leta
  1. #1,147Bernita91
  2. #1,147Charleen91
  3. #1,147Sandie91
  4. #1,150Leta90
  5. #1,150Cinda90
  6. #1,150Isabelle90
  7. #1,150Jeanetta90
  8. #1,158Dalia89
  9. #1,158Gregory89
  10. #1,158Karlene89

Tied with 7 names at #1,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →