Girls' name · since 1909
Leafa
Leafa has 16 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Leafa since 1909, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Leafa has 16 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 1923.
- #48,912 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1909
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leafa ranks #48,912 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1909, peaking in the 1920s.
- #48,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Leafa's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leafa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leafa's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1909, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leafa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–1923
- Peak year (1923)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Leafa by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1920s was Leafa's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Leafa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leafa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1909–1923 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leafa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.