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.

Lei

#9,023 most common girls' name of all time · #15,074 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1937–2025

Rank among girls
#9,023
Rank overall
#15,074 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
683
Since 2016
33
Peak year
1960 #2,411
Best rank
#2,371 1956
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
19401960198020002020

Lei first appears in 1937. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 5 #15,174
2024 5 5 #15,577
2023 7 7 #12,350
2020 6 6 #13,655
2018 5 5 #15,963
2016 5 5 #16,504
2015 6 6
2014 5 5
2013 5 5 #16,839
2012 5 5
2010 6 6 #15,194
2006 7 7 #13,789
2005 11 11 #9,553
2004 9 9 #10,824
2002 11 5 16 #8,940
2001 7 7 #12,260
2000 10 10 #9,287
1999 7 7 #11,545
1995 9 9 #8,906
1994 5 5 #13,732
1993 5 5 #13,786
1991 6 6 #11,771
1990 11 11 #7,439
1989 5 5 #12,704
1988 7 7 #9,451
1985 6 6 #9,593
1984 5 5 #10,756
1983 9 9 #6,861
1982 10 10 #6,485
1981 6 6 #9,390
1980 10 5 15 #6,442
1979 12 5 17 #5,526
1978 10 10 #6,112
1977 5 5 #10,013
1976 9 9 #6,222
1974 9 9 #5,915
1973 9 9 #5,739
1972 7 7 #6,780
1971 14 14 #4,184
1970 12 12 #4,599
1969 19 19 #3,158
1968 14 14 #3,690
1967 10 10 #4,447
1966 10 10 #4,339
1965 12 12 #3,850
1964 16 16 #3,330
1963 16 16 #3,263
1962 25 25 #2,446
1961 13 13 #3,712
1960 25 25 #2,411
1959 18 18 #2,826
1958 19 19 #2,727
1957 16 16 #3,002
1956 23 23 #2,371
1955 13 13 #3,332
1954 12 12 #3,445
1953 8 8 #4,475
1952 7 7 #4,765
1950 8 8 #4,216
1949 8 8 #4,150
1948 6 6 #5,068
1947 6 6 #5,141
1946 5 5 #5,477
1945 9 9 #3,345
1943 6 6 #4,617
1941 8 8 #3,542
1940 6 6 #4,299
1939 12 12 #2,589
1938 8 8 #3,439
1937 7 7 #3,792