Baby name

Leia

Girl

Rising name

2023 was its best year: 1,424 births, or 1 baby in 2,328. The momentum is recent: births are up 46% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. In 2025, it ranked No. 297. 39% of all babies named Leia since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

18,778births since 1880

2020sgeneration

No. 211rank at its peak, in 2023

Where babies named Leia are born

2023

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The darker the blue, the more common Leia is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Leia is most common in Hawaii (5.1 times), California (1.7) and Arizona (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Lena 146,479
Leila 55,436
Lela 43,005
Lea 33,848
Lia 28,501
Lelia 15,645

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