Le**
#5,073 most common girls' name of all time · #8,595 across all names · 47% male / 53% female · used 1888–2014 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#5,073
Rank overall
#8,595 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
1,653
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1982 #2,653
Best rank
#2,526 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 49/yr
Le first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2006 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,206 |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,536 |
| 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,177 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #15,506 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #12,117 |
| 2000 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #9,902 |
| 1999 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #8,048 |
| 1997 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #6,870 |
| 1996 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #8,174 |
| 1995 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #8,114 |
| 1994 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #7,631 |
| 1993 | 21 | 16 | 37 | #4,689 |
| 1992 | 26 | 12 | 38 | #3,981 |
| 1991 | 19 | 17 | 36 | #5,019 |
| 1990 | 25 | 20 | 45 | #4,022 |
| 1989 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #6,184 |
| 1988 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #7,738 |
| 1987 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #5,095 |
| 1986 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #6,187 |
| 1985 | 20 | 12 | 32 | #4,001 |
| 1984 | 18 | 12 | 30 | #4,186 |
| 1983 | 29 | 8 | 37 | #2,922 |
| 1982 | 35 | 14 | 49 | #2,653 |
| 1981 | 29 | 8 | 37 | #2,998 |
| 1980 | 25 | 5 | 30 | #3,327 |
| 1979 | 15 | 11 | 26 | #4,645 |
| 1978 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #4,101 |
| 1977 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,642 |
| 1976 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #7,363 |
| 1975 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1974 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #5,404 |
| 1973 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #3,996 |
| 1972 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #4,826 |
| 1971 | 16 | 8 | 24 | #3,824 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,062 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,990 |
| 1968 | 20 | 9 | 29 | #2,890 |
| 1967 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #3,369 |
| 1966 | 22 | 8 | 30 | #2,600 |
| 1965 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #3,064 |
| 1964 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #3,544 |
| 1963 | 20 | 7 | 27 | #2,801 |
| 1962 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #2,618 |
| 1961 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,975 |
| 1960 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,526 |
| 1959 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #3,654 |
| 1958 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,890 |
| 1957 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #3,742 |
| 1956 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #4,205 |
| 1955 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #3,249 |
| 1954 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #3,758 |
| 1953 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,647 |
| 1952 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #5,653 |
| 1951 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #2,844 |
| 1950 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 1949 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #3,230 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1946 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #3,073 |
| 1945 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #4,106 |
| 1944 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #4,137 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,783 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1940 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1939 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1938 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,525 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1935 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #3,492 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,874 |
| 1932 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #3,630 |
| 1931 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1928 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1927 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #4,361 |
| 1926 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1925 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1924 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,052 |
| 1922 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1921 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1920 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1917 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1916 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #3,619 |
| 1915 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1914 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | — |