Girls' name · since 1884
Leala
Leala has 875 recorded births since 1884 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 875
- born since 1884
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leala currently ranks #14978 among girls' names in America, with 875 babies recorded since 1884.
Leala has 875 recorded births among girls since 1884, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14978 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 2025.
- #8,226 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,978 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 875 born since 1884
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leala ranks #8,226 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,978 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 875 born since 1884, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 875
- born since 1884
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leala's 875 recorded births place it above 88.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Leala compares
875 Top 34% higher than 66% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leala's all-time total is 133% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leala | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 875 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leala's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1938, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 142 years of records
Leala by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (227 births, 26% of the file).
2000s was Leala's strongest decade.
227 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Leala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7
1880s
7 births
- 1900s 15
1900s
15 births
- 1910s 65
1910s
65 births
- 1920s 55
1920s
55 births
- 1930s 34
1930s
34 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 31
1950s
31 births
- 1960s 54
1960s
54 births
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 69
1980s
69 births
- 1990s 43
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
227 births
- 2010s
2010s
162 births
- 2020s 53
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 227 births (26% of all-time use).
How Leala compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leala's total volume
Leala by state
Where Leala concentrates geographically, total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
5 of 875 births nationwide.
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What to do with Leala's data
- Leala's decade-level peak was the 2000s (227 total births); usage has since declined to 53 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lealas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~141 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, 1884–2025 (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 Leala 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.