Total births
5
Recorded 2017–2017 Girls' name Peak 2017 5 births
Leja — girls' name
5 babies named Leja in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Leja was born in this single decade.
2017
Single peak year
5 babies were named Leja in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leja
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Leja between 2017 and 2017, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leja performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leja 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 5 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.
Leja at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
2017
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2017
Leja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2017
- Peak year (2017)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
Leja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Leja's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Leja? ▼
5 babies have been named Leja since 2017. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2017 with 5 births.
When was Leja most popular? ▼
Leja was most popular in the 2010s decade with 5 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Leja been used? ▼
Leja has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 1 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Leja? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lejla, Lejeune, Lejoyce, Lejend. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.