Leata — girls' name

What the Data Says About Leata

The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Leata between 1897 and 1950, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leata currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leata performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Leata shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leata 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 61 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.