Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lea

#767 most common girls' name of all time · #1,387 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#767
Rank overall
#1,387 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
34,468
Since 2016
3,658
Peak year
1970 #396
Best rank
#396 1970
Girls Boys peak 600/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lea is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 321 321 #848
2024 327 327 #833
2023 349 349 #803
2022 362 362 #784
2021 378 378 #752
2020 363 363 #750
2019 389 389 #726
2018 410 410 #709
2017 337 337 #810
2016 422 422 #690
2015 382 382 #739
2014 416 416 #681
2013 473 473 #599
2012 470 470 #609
2011 528 528 #556
2010 514 514 #569
2009 431 431 #675
2008 479 479 #643
2007 432 432 #680
2006 481 481 #607
2005 473 473 #601
2004 446 446 #616
2003 396 396 #668
2002 382 382 #665
2001 363 363 #685
2000 367 367 #663
1999 365 365 #643
1998 365 365 #635
1997 367 367 #615
1996 409 409 #567
1995 332 332 #649
1994 378 378 #595
1993 402 402 #584
1992 358 358 #631
1991 389 389 #589
1990 466 466 #516
1989 395 5 400 #565
1988 402 7 409 #543
1987 357 357 #560
1986 345 345 #570
1985 378 5 383 #527
1984 404 5 409 #494
1983 349 8 357 #537
1982 384 7 391 #519
1981 466 5 471 #460
1980 464 464 #457
1979 472 6 478 #436
1978 385 7 392 #502
1977 398 398 #481
1976 349 349 #510
1975 403 7 410 #466
1974 449 10 459 #431
1973 424 424 #444
1972 444 444 #434
1971 536 5 541 #400
1970 593 7 600 #396
1969 527 6 533 #420
1968 491 6 497 #428
1967 519 7 526 #403
1966 465 465 #436
1965 442 6 448 #455
1964 403 12 415 #482
1963 450 7 457 #458
1962 420 6 426 #470
1961 403 6 409 #481
1960 373 5 378 #503
1959 416 416 #475
1958 446 9 455 #450
1957 342 6 348 #516
1956 382 9 391 #478
1955 338 5 343 #502
1954 243 243 #580
1953 192 6 198 #645
1952 210 9 219 #600
1951 171 8 179 #670
1950 149 9 158 #705
1949 131 8 139 #751
1948 153 5 158 #674
1947 153 8 161 #679
1946 122 7 129 #734
1945 95 7 102 #769
1944 83 83 #838
1943 92 14 106 #801
1942 96 9 105 #775
1941 97 10 107 #715
1940 77 6 83 #812
1939 65 65 #870
1938 72 72 #833
1937 78 6 84 #777
1936 59 9 68 #889
1935 62 6 68 #878
1934 70 11 81 #805
1933 65 14 79 #828
1932 53 8 61 #970
1931 71 16 87 #808
1930 76 11 87 #812
1929 60 13 73 #923
1928 73 9 82 #846
1927 69 12 81 #898
1926 67 21 88 #912
1925 59 21 80 #970
1924 61 13 74 #977
1923 66 18 84 #902
1922 82 11 93 #805
1921 64 11 75 #929
1920 62 12 74 #921
1919 76 15 91 #808
1918 93 19 112 #740
1917 65 8 73 #851
1916 80 14 94 #767
1915 58 5 63 #859
1914 56 6 62 #773
1913 43 11 54 #804
1912 45 5 50 #748
1911 51 51 #601
1910 23 23 #900
1909 27 5 32 #779
1908 35 35 #655
1907 25 25 #751
1906 24 24 #751
1905 23 23 #766
1904 15 15 #947
1903 16 16 #869
1902 25 25 #679
1901 15 15 #865
1900 29 8 37 #665
1899 19 5 24 #735
1898 30 30 #591
1897 15 15 #840
1896 23 23 #662
1895 11 7 18 #998
1894 27 5 32 #566
1893 19 19 #671
1892 14 14 #807
1891 15 15 #708
1890 13 5 18 #771
1889 8 8 #961
1888 17 17 #620
1887 9 9 #801
1886 7 7 #913
1885 16 16 #553
1884 15 15 #551
1883 12 12 #571
1882 6 6 #836
1881 7 7 #704
1880 7 7 #709