Girls' name · since 1880
Leota
Leota has 10,447 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,612 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10,447
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Leota sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10,447 recorded since 1880.
Leota has 10,447 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2024.
- #1,612 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10,447 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leota ranks #1,612 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10,447 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,612 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10,447
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Leota's 10,447 recorded births place it above 97.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Oklahoma.
Leota's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leota splits its recorded history at 1938: 18% of all births land in the more recent half, 82% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 359 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leota popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2024
- Peak year (1918)
- 359
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Leota by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (2,731 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Leota's strongest decade.
2,731 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Leota births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 370
1880s
370 births
- 1890s 728
1890s
728 births
- 1900s 897
1900s
897 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,478 births
- 1920s
1920s
2,731 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,622 births
- 1940s 871
1940s
871 births
- 1950s 370
1950s
370 births
- 1960s 182
1960s
182 births
- 1970s 97
1970s
97 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 2,731 births (26% of all-time use).
How Leota compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leota's total volume
Leota by state
Where Leota concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 723 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 598 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 537 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 531 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Kansas | | 474 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Iowa | | 466 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 412 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Texas | | 331 | 3.2% |
723 of 10,447 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Leota appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Leota's data
- Leota's decade-level peak was the 1920s (2,731 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Oklahoma records the most Leotas (723 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Oklahoma names
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 Leota: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~144 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, 1880–2024 (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 Leota 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.