Leota — #13431 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leota

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,446 babies named Leota between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leota currently holds the #13431 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 359 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leota performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,731 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Leota shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 723 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Leota in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leota 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 10,446 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.