Leya Girl
How popular is Leya?
#2,153 girl name in 2025
86 baby girls were named Leya in the US in 2025, making it the 2153rd most popular girl name.
Leya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,153 for girls (▲ 174 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 86 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,024 in 2015, #2,597 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (86 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,153 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leia family of names ranked #280 for girls in 2025 (#268 the year before), with 1,180 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Leya is most popular
Babies named Leya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
Leya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17 | #4,778 |
| 1970s | 82 | #4,931 |
| 1980s | 104 | #4,714 |
| 1990s | 138 | #4,734 |
| 2000s | 406 | #2,815 |
| 2010s | 511 | #2,451 |
| 2020s | 447 | #2,153 |
Girl names about as popular as Leya
Questions
- Is Leya a boy or girl name?
- Leya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leya were girls.
- How popular is the name Leya?
- 86 baby girls were named Leya in the US in 2025, making it the 2153rd most popular girl name.
- When was Leya most popular?
- Leya peaked in 2025, when 86 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,153 in 2025.
- How many people are named Leya?
- 1,705 babies have been named Leya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,687 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Leya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leya was most common in Michigan, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.