Girls' name · since 1963
Leshea
Since 1963, U.S. Social Security records show 108 babies named Leshea, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,281 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Leshea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 108 recorded since 1963.
Leshea has 108 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2002.
- #26,281 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 108 born since 1963
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leshea ranks #26,281 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 108 born since 1963, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,281 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Leshea's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leshea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leshea's full recorded timeline at 1989, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leshea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2002
- Peak year (1988)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Leshea by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (45 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Leshea's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Leshea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 45 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Leshea's decade-level peak was the 1980s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Leshea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1963–2002 (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 Leshea 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.