Leita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Leita

The Social Security Administration has registered 720 babies named Leita between 1893 and 2002, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leita performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Leita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leita 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 720 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.