Is Leia a boy or girl name?
Leia is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 1,094 girls and 0 boys were named Leia, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 17,736 US babies named Leia were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #290
- Babies named Leia since 1949
- 17,736
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 1,424 babies
Boys and girls named Leia, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0 | 7 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 16 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 220 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 518 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 974 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 764 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,103 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 7,236 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 5,898 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 1,094 | #290 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 1,424 | #211 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 1,216 | #256 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 1,076 | #296 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 1,088 | #295 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 957 | #334 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 1,120 | #296 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 1,161 | #279 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 1,016 | #322 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 766 | #420 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 611 | #510 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 509 | #569 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 422 | #671 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 351 | #775 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 323 | #834 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 341 | #827 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 294 | #930 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 288 | #940 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 272 | #964 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 206 | #1,137 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 160 | #1,335 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 142 | #1,404 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 152 | #1,294 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 125 | #1,502 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 123 | #1,498 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 103 | #1,626 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 94 | #1,699 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 106 | #1,528 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 65 | #2,119 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 87 | #1,694 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 48 | #2,609 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 65 | #2,103 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 67 | #2,044 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 60 | #2,206 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 69 | #1,982 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 63 | #2,015 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 66 | #1,881 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 73 | #1,671 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 70 | #1,680 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 86 | #1,454 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 94 | #1,310 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 135 | #1,038 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,288 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 126 | #1,104 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 162 | #923 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 118 | #1,139 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 156 | #911 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 98 | #1,236 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 21 | #3,358 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 20 | #3,457 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 21 | #3,266 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 14 | #4,257 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 18 | #3,471 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 29 | #2,571 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 23 | #2,991 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 19 | #3,153 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 23 | #2,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 35 | #1,991 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,383 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 31 | #2,138 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 21 | #2,781 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 23 | #2,585 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 20 | #2,777 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 17 | #3,129 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 5 | #6,882 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 6 | #5,542 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 5 | #6,210 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,726 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 7 | #4,473 |
Highest rank
Leia has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #211 in 2023. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Leia
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.