NameTides

Lea

Lea was the #848 girls' name in the US in 2025 (321 babies), and #622 in England & Wales and #67 in Canada.

Lea as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Lea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#848 (321)#622 (63)#632 (4)—#483 (7)#67 (354)
2024#833 (327)#603 (65)#541 (5)—#556 (6)#65 (359)
2023#803 (349)#637 (57)——#727 (4)#51 (403)
2022#784 (362)#541 (72)#625 (4)—#458 (8)#45 (461)
2021#752 (378)#567 (69)#652 (4)#446 (3)#299 (14)#43 (553)
2020#749 (363)#472 (85)#636 (4)#397 (3)#444 (8)#41 (538)
2019#726 (389)#526 (77)#560 (5)—#457 (8)#41 (564)
2018#709 (410)#583 (71)#680 (4)—#474 (8)#37 (584)
2017#810 (337)#503 (86)#808 (3)—#341 (12)#31 (662)
2016#690 (422)#684 (60)#675 (4)—#254 (18)#37 (626)
2015#739 (382)#549 (79)#509 (6)#312 (5)#291 (17)#34 (641)
2014#681 (416)#597 (69)#477 (7)—#458 (9)#30 (667)
2013#599 (473)#652 (62)#564 (5)#370 (4)#374 (12)#27 (724)
2012#609 (470)#573 (74)#580 (5)—#371 (13)#34 (556)
2011#556 (528)#629 (64)#430 (8)—#266 (19)#38 (527)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1970 at #396.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 420common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lea is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,100 to 1 in 5,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lea by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #575ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #428NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #725PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #644CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #692FL
Lea (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#12274
Ontario2024#59021

Lea (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeaCanadaGirls#67354
LeaEngland & WalesGirls#62263
LeaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
LeaIrelandGirls#4837
LéaIrelandGirls—too few
LeaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeaScotlandGirls#6324
LeaScotlandBoys—too few
LeaUSGirls#848321
LeaUSBoys—too few