Leya — #2331 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leya

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,619 babies named Leya between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leya currently holds the #2331 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 79 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 511 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Leya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 172 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Leya in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leya 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 1,619 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.