Leshea — girls' name
108 babies named Leshea in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
108 girls have been named Leshea since 1963, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2002.
- 108
- total births
- 1963–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Leshea was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Leshea in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leshea
The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Leshea between 1963 and 2002, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leshea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leshea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leshea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leshea 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 108 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.
Leshea at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leshea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1963
- Peak year (1988)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
108 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 10 births in a single year.
Leshea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 45 births that decade — 42% of Leshea's all-time total
Leshea decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Leshea's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1963–2002 (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.