Lea is an established variant of Leah that peaked in 1970 and has grown less common since.
Lea is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #848 for girl births in the United States (and #1,613 across all names), given to 321 babies. Lea was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1970 (593 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 321 | 321 | #848 | — |
| 2024 | 327 | 327 | #833 | — |
| 2023 | 349 | 349 | #804 | — |
| 2022 | 362 | 362 | #786 | — |
| 2021 | 378 | 378 | #754 | — |
| 2020 | 363 | 363 | #751 | — |
| 2019 | 389 | 389 | #727 | — |
| 2018 | 410 | 410 | #710 | — |
| 2017 | 337 | 337 | #810 | — |
| 2016 | 422 | 427 | #690 | — |
| 2015 | 382 | 382 | #739 | — |
| 2014 | 416 | 416 | #682 | — |
| 2013 | 473 | 473 | #599 | — |
| 2012 | 470 | 470 | #610 | — |
| 2011 | 528 | 528 | #556 | — |
| 2010 | 514 | 514 | #569 | — |
| 2009 | 431 | 431 | #675 | — |
| 2008 | 479 | 479 | #643 | — |
| 2007 | 432 | 432 | #680 | — |
| 2006 | 481 | 481 | #608 | — |
| 2005 | 473 | 473 | #602 | — |
| 2004 | 446 | 446 | #616 | — |
| 2003 | 396 | 396 | #669 | — |
| 2002 | 382 | 382 | #665 | — |
| 2001 | 363 | 363 | #685 | — |
| 2000 | 367 | 367 | #663 | — |
| 1999 | 365 | 365 | #643 | — |
| 1998 | 365 | 365 | #637 | — |
| 1997 | 367 | — | #615 | — |
| 1996 | 409 | — | #568 | — |
| 1995 | 332 | — | #649 | — |
| 1994 | 378 | — | #595 | — |
| 1993 | 402 | — | #584 | — |
| 1992 | 358 | — | #631 | — |
| 1991 | 389 | — | #589 | — |
| 1990 | 466 | — | #516 | — |
| 1989 | 400 | — | #565 | #8,683 |
| 1988 | 409 | — | #544 | #6,176 |
| 1987 | 357 | — | #561 | — |
| 1986 | 345 | — | #570 | — |
| 1985 | 383 | — | #528 | #7,140 |
| 1984 | 409 | — | #494 | #6,922 |
| 1983 | 357 | — | #537 | #4,736 |
| 1982 | 391 | — | #519 | #5,359 |
| 1981 | 471 | — | #460 | #6,862 |
| 1980 | 464 | — | #457 | — |
| 1979 | 478 | — | #436 | #5,776 |
| 1978 | 392 | — | #502 | #4,835 |
| 1977 | 398 | — | #481 | — |
| 1976 | 349 | — | #510 | — |
| 1975 | 410 | — | #466 | #4,593 |
| 1974 | 459 | — | #431 | #3,462 |
| 1973 | 424 | — | #445 | — |
| 1972 | 444 | — | #434 | — |
| 1971 | 541 | — | #400 | #5,340 |
| 1970 | 600 | — | #397 | #4,077 |
| 1969 | 533 | — | #419 | #4,205 |
| 1968 | 497 | — | #428 | #3,953 |
| 1967 | 526 | — | #403 | #3,426 |
| 1966 | 465 | — | #436 | — |
| 1965 | 448 | — | #455 | #3,748 |
| 1964 | 415 | — | #482 | #2,495 |
| 1963 | 457 | — | #458 | #3,519 |
| 1962 | 426 | — | #471 | #3,854 |
| 1961 | 409 | — | #483 | #3,878 |
| 1960 | 378 | — | #503 | #4,366 |
| 1959 | 416 | — | #475 | — |
| 1958 | 455 | — | #450 | #2,936 |
| 1957 | 348 | — | #518 | #3,797 |
| 1956 | 391 | — | #478 | #2,889 |
| 1955 | 343 | — | #502 | #4,158 |
| 1954 | 243 | — | #580 | — |
| 1953 | 198 | — | #644 | #3,633 |
| 1952 | 219 | — | #599 | #2,795 |
| 1951 | 179 | — | #670 | #2,966 |
| 1950 | 158 | — | #704 | #2,689 |
| 1949 | 139 | — | #748 | #2,914 |
| 1948 | 158 | — | #673 | #3,966 |
| 1947 | 161 | — | #680 | #2,999 |
| 1946 | 129 | — | #735 | #3,056 |
| 1945 | 102 | — | #770 | #2,887 |
| 1944 | 83 | — | #840 | — |
| 1943 | 106 | — | #803 | #2,038 |
| 1942 | 105 | — | #775 | #2,621 |
| 1941 | 107 | — | #715 | #2,420 |
| 1940 | 83 | — | #813 | #3,313 |
| 1939 | 65 | — | #871 | — |
| 1938 | 72 | — | #836 | — |
| 1937 | 84 | — | #777 | #3,355 |
| 1936 | 68 | — | #891 | #2,544 |
| 1935 | 68 | — | #878 | #3,464 |
| 1934 | 81 | — | #806 | #2,342 |
| 1933 | 79 | — | #831 | #1,967 |
| 1932 | 61 | — | #974 | #2,988 |
| 1931 | 87 | — | #808 | #1,893 |
| 1930 | 87 | — | #813 | #2,538 |
| 1929 | 73 | — | #926 | #2,266 |
| 1928 | 82 | — | #849 | #2,965 |
| 1927 | 81 | — | #900 | #2,472 |
| 1926 | 88 | — | #916 | #1,687 |
| 1925 | 80 | — | #970 | #1,717 |
| 1924 | 74 | — | #981 | #2,417 |
| 1923 | 84 | — | #904 | #1,910 |
| 1922 | 93 | — | #806 | #2,725 |
| 1921 | 75 | — | #931 | #2,720 |
| 1920 | 74 | — | #925 | #2,536 |
| 1919 | 91 | — | #808 | #2,106 |
| 1918 | 112 | — | #740 | #1,798 |
| 1917 | 73 | — | #851 | #3,074 |
| 1916 | 94 | — | #768 | #2,102 |
| 1915 | 63 | — | #861 | #4,138 |
| 1914 | 62 | — | #773 | #3,104 |
| 1913 | 54 | — | #807 | #1,748 |
| 1912 | 50 | — | #752 | #2,745 |
| 1911 | 51 | — | #599 | — |
| 1910 | 23 | — | #904 | — |
| 1909 | 32 | — | #782 | #1,592 |
| 1908 | 35 | — | #659 | — |
| 1907 | 25 | — | #755 | — |
| 1906 | 24 | — | #751 | — |
| 1905 | 23 | — | #770 | — |
| 1904 | 15 | — | #951 | — |
| 1903 | 16 | — | #882 | — |
| 1902 | 25 | — | #680 | — |
| 1901 | 15 | — | #870 | — |
| 1900 | 37 | — | #665 | #1,009 |
| 1899 | 24 | — | #743 | #1,143 |
| 1898 | 30 | — | #591 | — |
| 1897 | 15 | — | #849 | — |
| 1896 | 23 | — | #660 | — |
| 1895 | 18 | — | #1,022 | #939 |
| 1894 | 32 | — | #564 | #1,177 |
| 1893 | 19 | — | #674 | — |
| 1892 | 14 | — | #816 | — |
| 1891 | 15 | — | #711 | — |
| 1890 | 18 | — | #777 | #1,090 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | #993 | — |
| 1888 | 17 | — | #622 | — |
| 1887 | 9 | — | #825 | — |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #949 | — |
| 1885 | 16 | — | #549 | — |
| 1884 | 15 | — | #551 | — |
| 1883 | 12 | — | #572 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #857 | — |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #716 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #709 | — |