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How popular is “Lea” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lea” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lea” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lea” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lea” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lea” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lea” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lea” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 7 0.000034742 7 100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 100%
1884 15 0.000061612 15 100%
1885 16 0.00006643 16 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 100%
1890 18 0.000059721 13 5 44%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 100%
1892 14 0.000041869 14 100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 100%
1894 32 0.000094482 27 5 69%
1895 18 0.000051279 11 7 22%
1896 23 0.000064339 23 100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 100%
1898 30 0.000078646 30 100%
1899 24 0.000070748 19 5 58%
1900 37 0.000082175 29 8 57%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 100%
1902 25 0.000064644 25 100%
1903 16 0.000041973 16 100%
1904 15 0.000037176 15 100%
1905 23 0.000054255 23 100%
1906 24 0.000056016 24 100%
1907 25 0.000053718 25 100%
1908 35 0.000071626 35 100%
1909 32 0.000062595 27 5 69%
1910 23 0.000038936 23 100%
1911 51 0.000079158 51 100%
1912 50 0.000050604 45 5 80%
1913 54 0.000047489 43 11 59%
1914 62 0.000043775 56 6 81%
1915 63 0.000034381 58 5 84%
1916 94 0.000048593 80 14 70%
1917 73 0.000036377 65 8 78%
1918 112 0.000051586 93 19 66%
1919 91 0.000043123 76 15 67%
1920 74 0.000032705 62 12 68%
1921 75 0.000032127 64 11 71%
1922 93 0.000040626 82 11 76%
1923 84 0.000036482 66 18 57%
1924 74 0.000031071 61 13 65%
1925 80 0.000034286 59 21 47%
1926 88 0.000038329 67 21 52%
1927 81 0.000034923 69 12 70%
1928 82 0.000036268 73 9 78%
1929 73 0.0000333 60 13 64%
1930 87 0.000039131 76 11 75%
1931 87 0.000041342 71 16 63%
1932 61 0.000028892 53 8 74%
1933 79 0.000039511 65 14 65%
1934 81 0.000039002 70 11 73%
1935 68 0.000032537 62 6 82%
1936 68 0.00003273 59 9 74%
1937 84 0.000039424 78 6 86%
1938 72 0.000032541 72 100%
1939 65 0.000029499 65 100%
1940 83 0.000036045 77 6 86%
1941 107 0.000043917 97 10 81%
1942 105 0.000038436 96 9 83%
1943 106 0.000037555 92 14 74%
1944 83 0.000030854 83 100%
1945 102 0.000038448 95 7 86%
1946 129 0.000040372 122 7 89%
1947 161 0.000044693 153 8 90%
1948 158 0.000045764 153 5 94%
1949 139 0.000039888 131 8 88%
1950 158 0.0000451 149 9 89%
1951 179 0.000048592 171 8 91%
1952 219 0.000057662 210 9 92%
1953 198 0.00005138 192 6 94%
1954 243 0.000061044 243 100%
1955 343 0.000085428 338 5 97%
1956 391 0.000094833 382 9 95%
1957 348 0.000082815 342 6 97%
1958 455 0.000110065 446 9 96%
1959 416 0.000100048 416 100%
1960 378 0.000091001 373 5 97%
1961 409 0.000098737 403 6 97%
1962 426 0.000105566 420 6 97%
1963 457 0.000115457 450 7 97%
1964 415 0.00010675 403 12 94%
1965 448 0.000123571 442 6 97%
1966 465 0.000133788 465 100%
1967 526 0.000154938 519 7 97%
1968 497 0.00014711 491 6 98%
1969 533 0.000153367 527 6 98%
1970 600 0.000166366 593 7 98%
1971 540 0.000157326 535 5 98%
1972 445 0.000141585 445 100%
1973 424 0.000140542 424 100%
1974 459 0.000150987 449 10 96%
1975 410 0.000135789 403 7 97%
1976 349 0.000115018 349 100%
1977 398 0.000125295 398 100%
1978 392 0.000123509 385 7 96%
1979 478 0.000143673 472 6 97%
1980 464 0.000134707 464 100%
1981 471 0.000136152 466 5 98%
1982 391 0.000111461 384 7 96%
1983 357 0.00010308 349 8 96%
1984 409 0.000117234 404 5 98%
1985 383 0.00010731 378 5 97%
1986 345 0.00009699 345 100%
1987 357 0.000099012 357 100%
1988 409 0.000110689 402 7 97%
1989 400 0.000104046 395 5 98%
1990 465 0.000117648 465 100%
1991 389 0.000099865 389 100%
1992 358 0.000093198 358 100%
1993 402 0.000106623 402 100%
1994 378 0.000101677 378 100%
1995 332 0.000090657 332 100%
1996 409 0.000112141 409 100%
1997 367 0.00010122 367 100%
1998 365 0.000099233 365 100%
1999 365 0.000098812 365 100%
2000 367 0.000097092 367 100%
2001 363 0.000096971 363 100%
2002 382 0.000102186 382 100%
2003 396 0.000104147 396 100%
2004 446 0.000116726 446 100%
2005 473 0.000123022 473 100%
2006 481 0.000121582 481 100%
2007 432 0.000108063 432 100%
2008 479 0.000121862 479 100%
2009 431 0.000112822 431 100%
2010 514 0.000139079 514 100%
2011 527 0.000144076 527 100%
2012 470 0.000128508 470 100%
2013 473 0.000129743 473 100%
2014 416 0.000112239 416 100%
2015 382 0.000103218 382 100%
2016 422 0.000115027 422 100%
2017 337 0.000094234 337 100%
2018 410 0.000116613 410 100%
2019 389 0.000112074 389 100%
2020 362 0.000108365 362 100%
2021 377 0.000111277 377 100%
2022 362 0.000107001 362 100%
2023 349 0.0001054 349 100%
2024 324 0.000097341 324 100%

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