Feminine dossier · first seen 1949

Leia

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Leia
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2023

Peak rank proxy

1,424

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1949Peak 20232024

Peak year

2023

Decline from peak

23.2%

2024

1,094

All-time

17,736

Leia has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2023, when 1,424 girls were named Leia.

In 2024, only 1,094 girls were given the name.

Down 23.2% from its peak.

All told, about 17,736 Americans have been named Leia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1949.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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