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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Lesa

Lesa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 340th with 771 babies. More babies were named Lesa in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1962771 babies
Total since 1880
11,421babies recorded

Lesa popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 12 since 1961.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#11,3478
1990#2,71943
1980#1,50879
1970#541350
1960#366686
1950#1,59135
1940#4,7325
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Lesa, counting every spelling?

Lesa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Lesa?

About 10,000 people born in the US named Lesa are alive today, with a median age of 62; half are between 57 and 66. That makes Lesa a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Lesa by state

How common Lesa was among girls born in each state in 1960–1964, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (3.7×), Oklahoma (3.5×), Tennessee (3.5×), Utah (3.3×), Kansas (2.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesME0.14Wisconsin: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesWI0.17Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesWA0.36Idaho: 0.68 per 1,000 babiesID0.68Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesND0.33Minnesota: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMN0.16Illinois: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesIL0.31Michigan: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesMI0.34New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMA0.04Oregon: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesOR0.53Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 0.54 per 1,000 babiesSD0.54Iowa: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesIA0.53Indiana: 0.65 per 1,000 babiesIN0.65Ohio: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesOH0.36Pennsylvania: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesPA0.23New Jersey: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.06Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesCA0.24Utah: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesUT1.2Colorado: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesCO0.32Nebraska: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesNE0.44Missouri: 0.90 per 1,000 babiesMO0.90Kentucky: 0.96 per 1,000 babiesKY0.96West Virginia: 0.98 per 1,000 babiesWV0.98Virginia: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesVA0.40Maryland: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesMD0.21Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.24New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 1.0 per 1,000 babiesKS1.0Arkansas: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesAR1.4Tennessee: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesTN1.3North Carolina: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesNC0.45South Carolina: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesSC0.39District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesOK1.3Louisiana: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesLA0.35Mississippi: 0.59 per 1,000 babiesMS0.59Alabama: 0.64 per 1,000 babiesAL0.64Georgia: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesGA0.40Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.58 per 1,000 babiesTX0.58Florida: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesFL0.29
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Lesa, girls, 1960–1964. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Lesa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lesa, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Lesa

How popular is the name Lesa?

Lesa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 340th with 771 babies. More babies were named Lesa in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Lesa a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 11,409 girls and 12 boys.

Where was Lesa most popular?

In 1960–1964, Lesa was most common in Arkansas (1.37 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Tennessee.