girl's name

Lesia

  • Origin Slovak
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,115

Lesia is a girl's name. In 2017 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Lesia is a name of Slovak origin.
  • Peaked in 1965, when 280 babies were given the name.
  • It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1948.

Lesia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

2,094
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Lesia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 6
1950s 496
1960s 2,094
1970s 431
1980s 96
1990s 45
2000s 7
2010s (to 2017) 5

How popular is Lesia?

In 2017, Lesia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Lesia is used

France #2,168 25 in 2025
Canada #2,645 5 in 1993
England & Wales #6,903 3 in 2023
United States #17,227 5 in 2017

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.

How Lesia is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Lésia Lésia is a rare spelling of Lesia, written with an acute accent and recorded about 285 times, mostly in France. 285

Names that peaked alongside Lesia

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

Parents who like Lesia also like

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

Lesia in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Atayal
Lesa
French
Lesa
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Lisia Lessia

Sibling names for Lesia

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

Common questions about Lesia

How popular is the name Lesia?

In 2017, Lesia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Lesia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lesia most popular?

Lesia peaked in 1965, when 280 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.

Is Lesia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lesia currently ranks #2,168 in the United States. It is a recent arrival in the birth records. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.