Leia
Leia is ranked 290th among girls in 2024 (1,094 births). Its best rank was 211th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #290down 79 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,0940.07% of girls
- Peak year
- 20231,424 births
- Best rank
- #211in 2023
- Since 1949
- 17,736people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,736 girls have been named Leia in the United States since 1949, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 1,424 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 41%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Leia was the 211th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Leia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zinniapeak 2023
- Siapeak 2022
- Rominapeak 2024
- Veritypeak 2020
- Zarapeak 2022
- Korapeak 2022
- Emilianapeak 2024
- Winterpeak 2022
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.