Leia

Girl · recorded 1949–2025

  • #297in 2025
  • 1 in 1,555girls in 2025
  • +50%last ten years
  • 9.0×in Hawaii

Most popular in 2023, and up 50% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1949

044488719491968198720062025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 70 recorded years as a table
Leia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19494
19503
19543
19553
19602
19618
196210
196312
196411
196518
196615
196721
196814
196911
197013
197117
197212
197310
197414
197514
197614
197764
1978102
197974
198098
198176
198258
198381
198456
198550
198641
198742
198837
198934
199036
199132
199236
199336
199427
199549
199637
199761
199853
199958
200068
200169
200285
200378
200487
2005111
2006143
2007150
2008155
2009186
2010182
2011200
2012240
2013290
2014342
2015429
2016573
2017673
2018658
2019571
2020673
2021657
2022741
2023887
2024678
2025643

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Hawaii 9.0×
  2. New Mexico 4.1×
  3. California 2.1×
  4. Nevada 1.9×
  5. Arizona 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,033
Rank in 2025
#297
How rare
1 in 1,555 girls
Since 1949
18,778

Most popular in 2023, at 887 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 50% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Hawaii9.0×44
New Mexico4.1×43
California2.1×751
Nevada1.9×39
Arizona1.9×115

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.