NameTides

Leia

Leia was the #297 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,033 babies), and #426 in England & Wales and #326 in Canada.

Leia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leia 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Leia 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#297 (1,033)#426 (95)#324 (10)—#304 (13)#326 (96)
2024#289 (1,099)#377 (114)#315 (11)—#441 (8)#271 (112)
2023#211 (1,424)#314 (139)#250 (15)#264 (6)#404 (9)#229 (124)
2022#256 (1,216)#272 (168)#248 (15)#305 (5)#304 (14)#283 (105)
2021#295 (1,078)#407 (109)#339 (10)#298 (5)#363 (11)#254 (126)
2020#296 (1,088)#382 (115)#257 (14)#246 (6)#355 (11)#310 (102)
2019#334 (958)#382 (115)#237 (17)#336 (4)#551 (6)#349 (93)
2018#296 (1,120)#342 (140)#301 (12)#434 (3)#336 (13)#254 (125)
2017#278 (1,162)#324 (149)#229 (19)#355 (4)#651 (5)#226 (137)
2016#322 (1,016)#372 (123)#210 (21)#440 (3)#476 (8)#371 (94)
2015#420 (766)#467 (93)#300 (13)—#581 (6)#426 (79)
2014#509 (611)#563 (75)#246 (18)—#584 (6)#436 (75)
2013#569 (509)#547 (76)#232 (18)—#660 (5)#505 (60)
2012#670 (422)#587 (72)#335 (12)—#768 (4)#533 (56)
2011#774 (351)#515 (82)#266 (16)—#359 (13)#681 (42)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #211.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1949.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #286WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #293MINew York: #311NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #333INOhio: #462OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #339NJConnecticut: #192CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #125CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #354CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #359VAMaryland: #283MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #219AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #361KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #319NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #394LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #546GAHawaii: #44HITexas: #325TXFlorida: #215FL
Leia (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
Ontario2024#25748
Quebec2025#29618

Leia (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
LeiaCanadaGirls#32696
LeiaEngland & WalesGirls#42695
LeiaIrelandGirls#30413
LeiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeiaScotlandGirls#32410
LeiaUSGirls#2971,033