Girls' name · since 1894
Leeta
Leeta has 530 recorded births since 1894 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,422 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 530
- born since 1894
- 1920s
- peak decade
530 girls have been named Leeta since 1894, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leeta has been recorded 530 times among girls since 1894, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 2001.
- #11,422 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 530 born since 1894
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leeta ranks #11,422 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 530 born since 1894, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,422 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 530
- born since 1894
- 1920s
- peak decade
Leeta's 530 recorded births place it above 84.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leeta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leeta splits its recorded history at 1935: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1904 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leeta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–2001
- Peak year (1922)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Leeta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (89 births, 17% of the file).
1920s was Leeta's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Leeta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
38 births
- 1900s 34
1900s
34 births
- 1910s
1910s
88 births
- 1920s
1920s
89 births
- 1930s
1930s
76 births
- 1940s
1940s
69 births
- 1950s
1950s
72 births
- 1960s
1960s
37 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 89 births (17% of all-time use).
How Leeta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leeta's total volume
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What to do with Leeta's data
- Leeta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leeta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1894–2001 (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 Leeta 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.