first name
LEESA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,931 people named Leesa, 82.9% reported their origin as White, 5.7% as Black and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leesa peaked in 1956, when 318 babies got the name.
At least 4,124 babies have been given the name since 1946. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Leesa by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,479. The largest share of babies named Leesa, 48%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Leesa is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leesa has been most common in Utah (3.1×), Indiana (3.1×), and Ohio (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.4×).
1,957 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 other first names also have 3,931 people.
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7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leesa, most common first.
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