Leala — #9533 US girls' name
870 babies named Leala in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Leala was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Leala in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leala
The Social Security Administration has registered 870 babies named Leala between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leala currently holds the #9533 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leala performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Leala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 870 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Leala at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1884
- Peak year (2006)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 141 years of records
Currently ranks #9533 among girls.
870 total births across 141 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 32 births in a single year.
Leala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 227 births that decade — 26% of Leala's all-time total
Leala decade highlights
- Peak decade 227 births
- Runner-up 162 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Leala's strongest decade
227 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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 870 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1884–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.