Leeta — girls' name
530 babies named Leeta in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Leeta was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Leeta in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leeta
The Social Security Administration has registered 530 babies named Leeta between 1894 and 2001, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leeta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leeta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Leeta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leeta 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 530 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.
Leeta at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leeta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1894
- Peak year (1922)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
530 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 17 births in a single year.
Leeta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 89 births that decade — 17% of Leeta's all-time total
Leeta decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Leeta's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
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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, 1894–2001 (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.