Leia — #290 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leia

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,736 babies named Leia between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leia currently holds the #290 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 1,424 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7,236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Leia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,461 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Leia in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leia 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 17,736 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.