Girls' name · since 1977
Leba
217 babies named Leba in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
217 babies have been named Leba since 1977, making it today's #6942 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Leba recorded 217 times among girls since 1977, holding rank #6942 nationally today, ahead of 60% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #18,980 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,942 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 217 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leba ranks #18,980 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,942 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 217 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leba's 217 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Leba compares
217 38th percentile among 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
Leba's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 217 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leba's full recorded timeline at 2013, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Leba by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (92 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Leba's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Leba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
92 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 92 births (42% of all-time use).
Leba by state
Where Leba concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 46 | 21.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 36 | 16.6% |
46 of 217 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Leba's data
- New Jersey records the most Lebas (46 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey 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 Leba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Leba 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.