Girls' name · since 1960
Lehua
Lehua has 319 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 319
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
319 babies have been named Lehua since 1960, making it today's #10247 girls' name.
Lehua has 319 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10247 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #15,414 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,247 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 319 born since 1960
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lehua ranks #15,414 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,247 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 319 born since 1960, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 319
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lehua's 319 recorded births place it above 78.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
How Lehua compares
319 46th 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
Lehua's all-time total is 15% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lehua | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 319 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lehua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lehua's full recorded timeline at 1996, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lehua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Lehua by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (79 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Lehua's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Lehua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
79 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 79 births (25% of all-time use).
Lehua by state
Where Lehua concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 96 | 30.1% |
96 of 319 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lehua's data
- Lehua's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Hawaii records the most Lehuas (96 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names
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 Lehua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Lehua 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.