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.

Lesha

#6,825 most common girls' name of all time · #11,481 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1955–1999

Rank among girls
#6,825
Rank overall
#11,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
1,053
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1960 #1,162
Best rank
#1,162 1960
Girls Boys peak 89/yr
19601980

Lesha first appears in 1955. 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
1999 5 — 5 #14,848
1997 8 — 8 #10,025
1996 8 — 8 #9,816
1995 10 — 10 #8,260
1994 13 — 13 #6,802
1993 12 — 12 #7,163
1992 11 — 11 #7,669
1991 17 — 17 #5,486
1990 21 — 21 #4,589
1989 11 — 11 #7,115
1988 22 — 22 #4,088
1987 16 — 16 #4,960
1986 18 — 18 #4,450
1985 12 — 12 #5,824
1984 24 — 24 #3,470
1983 24 — 24 #3,379
1982 19 — 19 #4,094
1981 26 — 26 #3,300
1980 32 — 32 #2,834
1979 29 — 29 #2,974
1978 26 — 26 #3,055
1977 20 — 20 #3,696
1976 36 — 36 #2,323
1975 28 — 28 #2,725
1974 20 — 20 #3,382
1973 23 — 23 #2,987
1972 24 — 24 #2,879
1971 19 — 19 #3,464
1970 27 — 27 #2,690
1969 26 — 26 #2,633
1968 30 — 30 #2,239
1967 26 — 26 #2,426
1966 32 — 32 #2,092
1965 39 — 39 #1,852
1964 33 — 33 #2,108
1963 62 — 62 #1,428
1962 52 — 52 #1,576
1961 87 — 87 #1,192
1960 89 — 89 #1,162
1959 9 — 9 #4,588
1955 7 — 7 #5,191