Leia
Rank in 2025
#297
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
1,033
girls 1,033
Peak year
2023
1,424 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
18,778
since 1949
Born a Leia? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Leia was most popular in 2023, when 1,424 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.89 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,033 babies were named Leia, ranking #297 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,033 | 297 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,099 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,424 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,216 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,078 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,088 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 958 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,120 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,162 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,016 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 766 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 611 | 509 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 509 | 569 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 422 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 351 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 323 | 832 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 342 | 824 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 293 | 930 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 288 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 272 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 206 | 1134 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 160 | 1329 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 142 | 1395 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 152 | 1288 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 125 | 1499 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 123 | 1491 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 103 | 1621 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 94 | 1690 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 106 | 1525 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 65 | 2106 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 87 | 1684 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 48 | 2585 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 65 | 2090 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 67 | 2033 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 60 | 2189 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 69 | 1974 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 63 | 1998 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 66 | 1863 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 73 | 1662 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 70 | 1669 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 86 | 1445 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 94 | 1307 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 135 | 1037 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 99 | 1284 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 126 | 1102 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 162 | 921 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 118 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 156 | 910 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 98 | 1231 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 21 | 3287 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 20 | 3404 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 21 | 3212 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 14 | 4155 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 18 | 3404 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 29 | 2542 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 23 | 2938 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 19 | 3102 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 23 | 2630 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 35 | 1980 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 26 | 2357 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 31 | 2110 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 21 | 2752 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 23 | 2543 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 20 | 2741 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 17 | 3060 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | 6390 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | 5208 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | 5753 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | 5301 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | 4235 | <5 | — |
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Where Leia is most popular
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- Nevada2.0×
- California1.7×
- Arizona1.5×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.