first name
LETA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,621 people named Leta, 83.8% reported their origin as White, 6.3% as Black and 3.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leta peaked in 1918, when 233 babies got the name.
At least 11,944 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Leta by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #553. The largest share of babies named Leta, 34.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Leta is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leta has been most common in Oklahoma (8.9×), Missouri (5.2×), and Kansas (4.5×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.12×).
5,888 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 Leta
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leta, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Leta ranks #69,365 of 156,621, with 305 people. See Leta as a last name
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