Leda
Leda was given to 12 girls in 2025, #8,639 among girls’ names; 3,448 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,600 Americans named Leda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 32 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leda mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Leda is “a female given name”
From Ancient Greek Λήδα (Lḗda).
/ˈlɛ.da/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leda?
#8,639 among girls’ names, 2025
Leda fell from #5,051 in 2015 to #8,639 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 15.1 to 7.5 per million.
61 babies in 1920, the peak
Leda peaked in 1920, when 61 girls were given it, #934 among girls’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 20% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,639 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,803 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,481 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,561 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 16 | #7,124 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,414 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,899 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,967 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,691 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,545 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | #5,051 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,756 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,009 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,908 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,442 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,815 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,027 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,261 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,313 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,515 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,837 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #9,019 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,235 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,934 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,506 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,369 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,556 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,377 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,085 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,537 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,103 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,898 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,246 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,304 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,385 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,418 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,441 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,242 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,720 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,331 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,579 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,111 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,312 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,745 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,106 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,803 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,967 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,066 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,694 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,603 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 12 | #5,014 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,880 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,716 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,807 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,437 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,555 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,485 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,671 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,299 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,130 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,092 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,718 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,114 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,191 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,333 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,803 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,776 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,862 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,735 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,672 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,755 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,751 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,599 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 51 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,697 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,413 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,586 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,448 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,406 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,323 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,504 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,612 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 19 | #2,014 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,554 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,360 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 42 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,158 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,344 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,547 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,272 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,307 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,128 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,150 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 49 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,215 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,151 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 50 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,177 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 61 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 48 | #1,050 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,090 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 55 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 41 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 36 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 32 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 29 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,046 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 18 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 17 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 19 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 19 | #860 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 41 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 19 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 21 | #767 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 25 | #640 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 22 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 21 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 13 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 21 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 19 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 24 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 29 | #539 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 17 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 20 | #652 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 13 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 13 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 10 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 10 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 10 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 14 | #624 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 6 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 9 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 7 | #786 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 5 | #979 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 5 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 9 | #611 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Leda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Leda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leda, and how old are they?
1,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 3,448 Americans ever recorded as Leda. The median Leda alive today is 59 years old; half are between 32 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 2,686 people named Leda (2,673 women and girls, 13 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,707 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 167 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 558 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 291 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 201 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 166 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 217 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 6,577 babies since 1880, Leda is the most given (52% of them). In 2025 it was given to 12 of their 71 babies (17%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Leda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Leda and names like it
- Compare Leda and LeidyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLeda peaked in 1920.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leda since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Leda: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Leda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Leda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.