girl's name

Lesa

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 11,457

Ireland

#534

1984 births

Lesa is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2018 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 1962, when 778 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1915.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Lesa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

6,322
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Lesa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 6
1930s 5
1940s 117
1950s 2,472
1960s 6,322
1970s 1,693
1980s 547
1990s 205
2000s 32
2010s (to 2018) 17

How popular is Lesa?

In 2018, Lesa 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 Lesa is used

Ireland #534 3 in 1984
Scotland #604 3 in 1987
United States #13,988 6 in 2018

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 Lesa

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

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lesa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lesa

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

Common questions about Lesa

How popular is the name Lesa?

In 2018, Lesa 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 Lesa a girl's or a boy's name?

Lesa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Lesa?

Lesa has 2 syllables.

When was Lesa most popular?

Lesa peaked in 1962, when 778 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.