How rare is the name Leia?

11,311 people in the United States have the first name Leia, about 1 in 26,702. It ranks #2,286 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEIA

#2,286

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,311
About
1 in 26,702
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,311 people named Leia, 48.4% reported their origin as White, 25.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leia peaked in 2023, when 1,424 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19492025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
1,424
In 2025*
1,033 ▼27%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 18,778 babies have been given the name since 1949. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Leia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #575. The largest share of babies named Leia, 69.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#11,6537
1950s#11,50216
1960s#4,142220
1970s#2,899518
1980s#2,211974
1990s#3,200764
2000s#1,9852,103
2010s#8507,238
2020s#5756,938
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–804.3%
Millennials 1981–966.8%
Generation Z 1997–1218.6%
2013 and later69.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Leia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leia has been most common in Hawaii (4.9×), Nevada (3.6×), and Arizona (2.4×), and least common in Nebraska (0.25×).

16,046 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.

Either side of Leia

#2,284 Laney · 11,318#2,285 Pilar · 11,317#2,287 Chaya · 11,308#2,288 Jarred · 11,306

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leia, most common first.

#1,241 Lea · 30,568#3,302 Lei · 6,455#9,848 Leya · 1,385#12,367 Leiah · 1,009#17,303 Leea · 640#30,742 Leha · 282#33,858 Leiya · 243#52,900 Leiha · 104

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