Girls' name · since 1968
Leya
1,705 babies named Leya in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,164 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,705
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leya currently ranks #2164 among girls' names in America, with 1,705 babies recorded since 1968.
Leya has 1,705 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2164 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #5,239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,164 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,705 born since 1968
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leya ranks #5,239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,164 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,705 born since 1968, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,164 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,705
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leya's 1,705 recorded births place it above 92.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Leya compares
1,705 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leya's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,705 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 86 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leya's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 83% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 17%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 86, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 86
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Leya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (511 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Leya's strongest decade.
511 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Leya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 82
1970s
82 births
- 1980s 104
1980s
104 births
- 1990s 138
1990s
138 births
- 2000s
2000s
406 births
- 2010s
2010s
511 births
- 2020s
2020s
447 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 511 births (30% of all-time use).
How Leya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leya's total volume
Leya by state
Where Leya concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 184 | 10.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 89 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 74 | 4.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 47 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 27 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 26 | 1.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 13 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.6% |
184 of 1,705 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Leya appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Leya's data
- Leya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (511 total births) through the 2020s (447) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Leyas (184 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Leya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Leya 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.