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Leisa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 5,008

Scotland

#489

1982 births

Leisa is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1958, when 344 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1950s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1948.

Leisa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

2,604
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Leisa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 17
1950s 1,212
1960s 2,604
1970s 640
1980s 308
1990s 112
2000s 29
2010s 16
2020s (to 2024) 31

How popular is Leisa?

In 2024, Leisa was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Leisa is used

Scotland #489 4 in 1982
Ireland #561 3 in 1979
England & Wales #6,528 3 in 2022
United States #13,997 6 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Leisa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Leisa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Leisa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Leisa

How popular is the name Leisa?

In 2024, Leisa was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Leisa a girl's or a boy's name?

Leisa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Leisa most popular?

Leisa peaked in 1958, when 344 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1950s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.