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Baby name
Lea
Girl
Origin of the name
Lea is a form of Leah, from the Hebrew Le'ah, whose meaning is debated. In the Bible, Leah is the first wife of Jacob and the sister of Rachel.
Classic name
33,848births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 396rank at its peak, in 1970
Where babies named Lea are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lea is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lea is most common in California (1.5 times), Florida (1.4) and New York (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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