Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Lei.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1937
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See the 67 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1937 | 7 |
| 1938 | 7 |
| 1939 | 11 |
| 1940 | 5 |
| 1941 | 7 |
| 1943 | 4 |
| 1945 | 7 |
| 1946 | 3 |
| 1947 | 3 |
| 1948 | 4 |
| 1949 | 5 |
| 1950 | 5 |
| 1952 | 4 |
| 1953 | 4 |
| 1954 | 6 |
| 1955 | 7 |
| 1956 | 11 |
| 1957 | 8 |
| 1958 | 9 |
| 1959 | 9 |
| 1960 | 12 |
| 1961 | 6 |
| 1962 | 13 |
| 1963 | 8 |
| 1964 | 8 |
| 1965 | 7 |
| 1966 | 6 |
| 1967 | 6 |
| 1968 | 9 |
| 1969 | 11 |
| 1970 | 7 |
| 1971 | 8 |
| 1972 | 5 |
| 1973 | 6 |
| 1974 | 6 |
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1977 | 3 |
| 1978 | 7 |
| 1979 | 7 |
| 1980 | 6 |
| 1981 | 4 |
| 1982 | 6 |
| 1983 | 5 |
| 1984 | 3 |
| 1985 | 3 |
| 1988 | 4 |
| 1989 | 3 |
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1991 | 3 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Lei isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Lei
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2025
- 5
- Rank in 2025
- #14,942
- How rare
- 1 in 321,453 girls
- Since 1937
- 652
Most popular in 1962, at 13 per million girls born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lei doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.