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% boys / >99% girls · 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