Lesa

Girl · recorded 1915–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1965best year

Most popular in 1965.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lesa.

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 1915

019839619151941196719922018

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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 71 recorded years as a table
Lesa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19155
19215
19335
19404
19418
19424
19434
19448
19457
194611
19478
194814
19499
195020
195128
195236
195352
195480
1955112
1956151
1957207
1958292
1959263
1960339
1961379
1962392
1963377
1964360
1965396
1966364
1967328
1968277
1969218
1970200
1971162
1972124
1973127
197498
197588
197676
197771
197868
197964
198048
198137
198248
198333
198427
198527
198625
198725
198826
198923
199023
199113
199214
199314
19949
199511
199610
19976
19987
19997
20004
20013
20044
20073
20083
20113
20143
20184

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lesa 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
6
Rank in 2018
#13,793
How rare
1 in 283,512 girls
Since 1915
11,409

Lesa was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1965, at 396 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lesa doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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