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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |