Leza — girls' name
304 babies named Leza in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Leza was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Leza in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leza
The Social Security Administration has registered 304 babies named Leza between 1952 and 1994, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leza currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leza performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leza shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leza in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leza 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 304 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.
Leza at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1952
- Peak year (1962)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
304 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 18 births in a single year.
Leza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 137 births that decade — 45% of Leza's all-time total
Leza decade highlights
- Peak decade 137 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Leza's strongest decade
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Leza by state
Where Leza concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 304 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1952–1994 (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.