Leta is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Leta is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9,827 for girl births in the United States (and #16,693 across all names), given to 10 babies. Leta first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (233 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #9,827 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #9,300 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | #8,309 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | #11,798 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | #9,998 |
| 2020 | 27 | 27 | #4,833 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #7,972 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | #8,407 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #8,106 |
| 2016 | 15 | 15 | #7,823 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | #11,465 |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | #5,907 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | #12,665 |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | #8,941 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | #10,186 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | #16,382 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | #10,487 |
| 2007 | 12 | 12 | #9,911 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | #10,316 |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | #7,348 |
| 2004 | 20 | 20 | #6,116 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #13,250 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #7,274 |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | #7,565 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #8,330 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #6,696 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | #6,926 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #7,549 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #5,943 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #7,836 |
| 1994 | 17 | — | #5,587 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | #6,462 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #8,463 |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #4,288 |
| 1990 | 23 | — | #4,321 |
| 1989 | 27 | — | #3,743 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | #4,248 |
| 1987 | 24 | — | #3,694 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | #4,647 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | #4,759 |
| 1984 | 30 | — | #2,964 |
| 1983 | 25 | — | #3,292 |
| 1982 | 35 | — | #2,676 |
| 1981 | 29 | — | #3,034 |
| 1980 | 41 | — | #2,374 |
| 1979 | 47 | — | #2,132 |
| 1978 | 33 | — | #2,605 |
| 1977 | 47 | — | #2,047 |
| 1976 | 38 | — | #2,236 |
| 1975 | 35 | — | #2,338 |
| 1974 | 35 | — | #2,277 |
| 1973 | 49 | — | #1,783 |
| 1972 | 42 | — | #1,958 |
| 1971 | 50 | — | #1,789 |
| 1970 | 50 | — | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 63 | — | #1,491 |
| 1968 | 65 | — | #1,395 |
| 1967 | 65 | — | #1,366 |
| 1966 | 64 | — | #1,374 |
| 1965 | 65 | — | #1,377 |
| 1964 | 87 | — | #1,186 |
| 1963 | 90 | — | #1,153 |
| 1962 | 100 | — | #1,086 |
| 1961 | 129 | — | #952 |
| 1960 | 136 | — | #906 |
| 1959 | 112 | — | #1,000 |
| 1958 | 119 | — | #949 |
| 1957 | 136 | — | #874 |
| 1956 | 136 | — | #856 |
| 1955 | 142 | — | #812 |
| 1954 | 183 | — | #692 |
| 1953 | 170 | — | #703 |
| 1952 | 162 | — | #702 |
| 1951 | 142 | — | #735 |
| 1950 | 137 | — | #736 |
| 1949 | 170 | — | #637 |
| 1948 | 132 | — | #736 |
| 1947 | 153 | — | #681 |
| 1946 | 120 | — | #744 |
| 1945 | 104 | — | #733 |
| 1944 | 135 | — | #630 |
| 1943 | 133 | — | #659 |
| 1942 | 112 | — | #706 |
| 1941 | 139 | — | #600 |
| 1940 | 134 | — | #604 |
| 1939 | 142 | — | #567 |
| 1938 | 146 | — | #566 |
| 1937 | 125 | — | #603 |
| 1936 | 154 | — | #522 |
| 1935 | 150 | — | #527 |
| 1934 | 169 | — | #495 |
| 1933 | 167 | — | #493 |
| 1932 | 159 | — | #521 |
| 1931 | 162 | — | #512 |
| 1930 | 213 | — | #461 |
| 1929 | 191 | — | #488 |
| 1928 | 214 | — | #469 |
| 1927 | 229 | — | #462 |
| 1926 | 225 | — | #454 |
| 1925 | 195 | — | #505 |
| 1924 | 183 | — | #532 |
| 1923 | 204 | — | #484 |
| 1922 | 200 | — | #487 |
| 1921 | 206 | — | #481 |
| 1920 | 225 | — | #448 |
| 1919 | 183 | — | #497 |
| 1918 | 233 | — | #435 |
| 1917 | 196 | — | #464 |
| 1916 | 219 | — | #424 |
| 1915 | 224 | — | #403 |
| 1914 | 153 | — | #441 |
| 1913 | 130 | — | #434 |
| 1912 | 130 | — | #406 |
| 1911 | 98 | — | #406 |
| 1910 | 97 | — | #401 |
| 1909 | 96 | — | #379 |
| 1908 | 83 | — | #400 |
| 1907 | 87 | — | #380 |
| 1906 | 81 | — | #382 |
| 1905 | 98 | — | #343 |
| 1904 | 86 | — | #353 |
| 1903 | 83 | — | #348 |
| 1902 | 82 | — | #351 |
| 1901 | 74 | — | #354 |
| 1900 | 93 | — | #348 |
| 1899 | 60 | — | #376 |
| 1898 | 95 | — | #322 |
| 1897 | 78 | — | #334 |
| 1896 | 76 | — | #336 |
| 1895 | 73 | — | #335 |
| 1894 | 65 | — | #344 |
| 1893 | 55 | — | #365 |
| 1892 | 56 | — | #355 |
| 1891 | 45 | — | #374 |
| 1890 | 63 | — | #320 |
| 1889 | 59 | — | #319 |
| 1888 | 41 | — | #378 |
| 1887 | 32 | — | #385 |
| 1886 | 24 | — | #444 |
| 1885 | 32 | — | #358 |
| 1884 | 22 | — | #431 |
| 1883 | 25 | — | #369 |
| 1882 | 15 | — | #483 |
| 1881 | 21 | — | #366 |
| 1880 | 18 | — | #397 |