Recorded 1961–2022 Girls' name Peak 2000 678 births

Leea — girls' name

678 babies named Leea in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s721970s721980s1051990s1392000s1692010s1092020s12
2000s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Leea was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

24 babies were named Leea in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Leea

The Social Security Administration has registered 678 babies named Leea between 1961 and 2022, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Leea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leea 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 678 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.

Leea at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

678

Since 1961

62 years of records

Peak year

2000

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1961

Recorded for 62 years

Last year on file: 2022

Leea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1961

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2000)
24
Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
0510152025 202220132005199719891981197119631961 6

Leea by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
169 births that decade — 25% of Leea's all-time total
1960s721970s721980s1051990s1392000s1692010s1092020s12

Leea by state

Where Leea concentrates geographically — total births since 1961

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Leea
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 1.5%
California share of Leea's total US births 1.5%

10 of 678 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Leea?
678 babies have been named Leea since 1961. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2000 with 24 births.
When was Leea most popular?
Leea was most popular in the 2000s decade with 169 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Leea most popular?
The top states for the name Leea are California (10 births).
How long has the name Leea been used?
Leea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1961, spanning 62 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Leea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lee, Leeann, Leena, Leela, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1961–2022 (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.