Lea Girl
How popular is Lea?
#848 girl name in 2025
321 baby girls were named Lea in the US in 2025, making it the 848th most popular girl name.
Lea popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #848 for girls (▼ 15 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 321 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #739 in 2015, #749 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (593 girls) |
| Highest rank | #396 in 1970 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lea counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leah family of names ranked #70 for girls in 2025 (#66 the year before), with 4,201 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leah | 3,880 | 92% |
| Lea | 321 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lea is most popular
Babies named Lea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.6 per 1,000 (219 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (98 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.4 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (286 girls)
Lea by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #541 |
| 1890s | 186 | #557 |
| 1900s | 234 | #649 |
| 1910s | 590 | #594 |
| 1920s | 663 | #803 |
| 1930s | 671 | #775 |
| 1940s | 1,099 | #672 |
| 1950s | 2,889 | #450 |
| 1960s | 4,493 | #402 |
| 1970s | 4,453 | #396 |
| 1980s | 3,944 | #457 |
| 1990s | 3,831 | #515 |
| 2000s | 4,250 | #601 |
| 2010s | 4,341 | #556 |
| 2020s | 2,100 | #749 |
Girl names about as popular as Lea
Questions
- Is Lea a boy or girl name?
- Lea is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lea were girls.
- How popular is the name Lea?
- 321 baby girls were named Lea in the US in 2025, making it the 848th most popular girl name.
- When was Lea most popular?
- Lea peaked in 1970, when 593 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #396 in 1970.
- How many people are named Lea?
- 34,468 babies have been named Lea in the US since 1880. We estimate about 29,966 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Lea most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lea was most common in New York, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.