Girls' name · since 1952
Lessa
Lessa has 148 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lessa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 148 recorded since 1952.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lessa has been recorded 148 times among girls since 1952, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2001.
- #22,914 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 148 born since 1952
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lessa ranks #22,914 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 1952, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lessa's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lessa's full recorded timeline at 1970, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1952, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2001
- Peak year (1985)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Lessa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (51 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Lessa's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Lessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
25 births
- 1960s
1960s
49 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 51 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Lessa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (51 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~49 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, 1952–2001 (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 Lessa 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.