Girls' name · since 1966
Leisel
136 babies named Leisel in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leisel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 136 recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leisel has been recorded 136 times among girls since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2023.
- #23,794 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1966
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leisel ranks #23,794 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1966, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leisel's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leisel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leisel's full recorded timeline at 2009, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leisel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2023
- Peak year (2015)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Leisel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Leisel's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Leisel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
25 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Leisel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (44 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leisel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1966–2023 (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 Leisel 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.