Leita is a rare variant of Leta that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Leita is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2002. Leita was first reported in SSA data in 1893 and peaked in 1916 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #17,000 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #14,533 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #11,951 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #8,655 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #7,252 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #6,282 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #7,892 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,709 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,447 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #4,676 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,807 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #5,096 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #4,407 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #6,238 |
| 1960 | 18 | — | #2,948 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | #3,352 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #6,592 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #4,730 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #4,323 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #3,680 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #3,247 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #3,847 |
| 1952 | 17 | — | #2,625 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #4,621 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | #3,333 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | #3,291 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | #3,063 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #3,887 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #5,349 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #4,301 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,942 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | #3,321 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | #3,098 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #4,036 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | #3,063 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,849 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #2,989 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | #2,504 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #2,138 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,603 |
| 1932 | 16 | — | #2,084 |
| 1931 | 15 | — | #2,158 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,491 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | #3,047 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,614 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | #2,487 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,592 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | #2,078 |
| 1924 | 17 | — | #2,262 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | #2,537 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,690 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,790 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,801 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #2,910 |
| 1918 | 19 | — | #1,998 |
| 1917 | 12 | — | #2,637 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | #1,766 |
| 1915 | 13 | — | #2,320 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,963 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,680 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,784 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,602 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,702 |
| 1909 | 10 | — | #1,420 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #2,228 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #1,377 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,614 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | #1,314 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,943 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | #1,509 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | #1,507 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | #1,442 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,721 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,599 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #1,359 |