Girls' name · since 1996
Lekha
Lekha has 119 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,224 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,835 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 119
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lekha currently ranks #13835 among girls' names in America, with 119 babies recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lekha has been recorded 119 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #13835 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #25,224 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,835 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 119 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lekha ranks #25,224 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,835 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 119 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,224 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,835 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 119
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lekha's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lekha compares
119 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lekha's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lekha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 119 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lekha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lekha splits its recorded history at 2010: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lekha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Lekha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (58 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Lekha's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Lekha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 58 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lekha's data
- Lekha's decade-level peak was the 2000s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lekha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Lekha 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.