Leshan — unisex name
16 babies named Leshan in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Leshan since 1968, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1977.
- 16
- total births
- 1968–1977
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
69% of everyone ever named Leshan was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Leshan in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leshan
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Leshan between 1968 and 1977, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leshan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Leshan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leshan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Leshan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leshan 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 16 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.
Leshan at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leshan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1968
- Peak year (1973)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
16 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 6 births in a single year.
Leshan popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 1975 (Leshan as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Leshan accounts for 41% of total recorded use across both genders.
Leshan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Leshan's all-time total
Leshan decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Leshan's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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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, 1968–1977 (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.