Leida — girls' name

What the Data Says About Leida

The Social Security Administration has registered 497 babies named Leida between 1912 and 2020, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leida performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Leida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Leida in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leida 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 497 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.