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.

Lesa

#1,492 most common girls' name of all time · #2,584 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1915–2018

Rank among girls
#1,492
Rank overall
#2,584 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
11,421
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1962 #340
Best rank
#340 1962
Girls Boys peak 778/yr
19201940196019802000

Lesa first appears in 1915. 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
2018 6 6 #13,940
2014 5 5 #16,728
2011 6 6 #14,949
2008 6 6 #15,547
2007 6 6 #15,646
2004 7 7 #12,874
2001 5 5 #15,559
2000 8 8 #10,856
1999 12 12 #7,786
1998 12 12 #7,603
1997 10 10 #8,415
1996 17 17 #5,565
1995 19 19 #5,048
1994 16 16 #5,775
1993 26 26 #4,013
1992 26 26 #3,991
1991 24 24 #4,242
1990 43 43 #2,702
1989 43 43 #2,634
1988 47 47 #2,336
1987 44 44 #2,373
1986 43 43 #2,354
1985 47 47 #2,208
1984 46 46 #2,159
1983 55 55 #1,893
1982 81 81 #1,477
1981 62 62 #1,796
1980 79 79 #1,508
1979 102 102 #1,253
1978 104 104 #1,206
1977 109 109 #1,154
1976 112 112 #1,088
1975 129 129 #966
1974 144 144 #892
1973 185 185 #750
1972 188 188 #743
1971 270 270 #624
1970 350 350 #540
1969 368 368 #508
1968 454 454 #449
1967 542 542 #391
1966 616 616 #366
1965 699 699 #345
1964 683 683 #364
1963 726 726 #351
1962 771 7 778 #340
1961 765 5 770 #343
1960 686 686 #366
1959 532 532 #409
1958 587 587 #378
1957 424 424 #458
1956 304 304 #535
1955 219 219 #629
1954 156 156 #741
1953 98 98 #965
1952 67 67 #1,167
1951 50 50 #1,324
1950 35 35 #1,594
1949 16 16 #2,571
1948 23 23 #2,049
1947 15 15 #2,725
1946 18 18 #2,290
1945 9 9 #3,277
1944 10 10 #3,072
1943 6 6 #4,446
1942 5 5 #4,966
1941 10 10 #2,969
1940 5 5 #4,704
1933 5 5 #4,562
1921 6 6 #4,844
1915 5 5 #4,825