Lesa is an established girls' name that peaked in 1962 and has since faded.
Lesa is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2018. Lesa was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1962 (771 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | #14,886 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,083 | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #15,948 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | #16,615 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | #16,699 | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | #13,581 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #16,834 | — |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | #11,347 | — |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #8,011 | — |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | #7,817 | — |
| 1997 | 10 | — | #8,747 | — |
| 1996 | 17 | — | #5,673 | — |
| 1995 | 19 | — | #5,139 | — |
| 1994 | 16 | — | #5,880 | — |
| 1993 | 26 | — | #4,055 | — |
| 1992 | 26 | — | #4,031 | — |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #4,287 | — |
| 1990 | 43 | — | #2,719 | — |
| 1989 | 43 | — | #2,635 | — |
| 1988 | 47 | — | #2,349 | — |
| 1987 | 44 | — | #2,376 | — |
| 1986 | 43 | — | #2,364 | — |
| 1985 | 47 | — | #2,213 | — |
| 1984 | 46 | — | #2,167 | — |
| 1983 | 55 | — | #1,893 | — |
| 1982 | 81 | — | #1,483 | — |
| 1981 | 62 | — | #1,797 | — |
| 1980 | 79 | — | #1,508 | — |
| 1979 | 102 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1978 | 104 | — | #1,207 | — |
| 1977 | 109 | — | #1,155 | — |
| 1976 | 112 | — | #1,089 | — |
| 1975 | 129 | — | #967 | — |
| 1974 | 144 | — | #891 | — |
| 1973 | 185 | — | #749 | — |
| 1972 | 188 | — | #745 | — |
| 1971 | 270 | — | #624 | — |
| 1970 | 350 | — | #541 | — |
| 1969 | 368 | — | #508 | — |
| 1968 | 454 | — | #449 | — |
| 1967 | 542 | — | #391 | — |
| 1966 | 616 | — | #366 | — |
| 1965 | 699 | — | #345 | — |
| 1964 | 683 | — | #364 | — |
| 1963 | 726 | — | #351 | — |
| 1962 | 778 | — | #340 | #3,505 |
| 1961 | 770 | — | #343 | #4,408 |
| 1960 | 686 | — | #366 | — |
| 1959 | 532 | — | #409 | — |
| 1958 | 587 | — | #378 | — |
| 1957 | 424 | — | #459 | — |
| 1956 | 304 | — | #535 | — |
| 1955 | 219 | — | #629 | — |
| 1954 | 156 | — | #741 | — |
| 1953 | 98 | — | #961 | — |
| 1952 | 67 | — | #1,168 | — |
| 1951 | 50 | — | #1,324 | — |
| 1950 | 35 | — | #1,591 | — |
| 1949 | 16 | — | #2,581 | — |
| 1948 | 23 | — | #2,048 | — |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,702 | — |
| 1946 | 18 | — | #2,276 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #3,275 | — |
| 1944 | 10 | — | #3,056 | — |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #4,461 | — |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #5,022 | — |
| 1941 | 10 | — | #2,953 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,732 | — |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,576 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,797 | — |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,652 | — |