Boy or Girl

Is Leta a boy or girl name?

Leta is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 11 girls and 0 boys were named Leta, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 11,934 US babies named Leta were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#9,267
Babies named Leta since 1880
11,934
Most popular year
1918
233 babies
Babies named Leta each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Leta from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.07515022530018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Leta, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s0289100%
1890s0666100%
1900s0863100%
1910s01,663100%
1920s02,072100%
1930s01,587100%
1940s01,332100%
1950s01,439100%
1960s0864100%
1970s0426100%
1980s0265100%
1990s0156100%
2000s0124100%
2010s0119100%
2020s069100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–11#9,267
20230–13#8,300
20220–8#11,794
20210–10#9,996
20200–27#4,831
20190–14#7,971
20180–13#8,405
20170–14#8,104
20160–15#7,822
20150–9#11,462
20140–22#5,907
20130–8#12,665
20120–0–
20110–13#8,938
20100–11#10,184
20090–6#16,381
20080–11#10,485
20070–12#9,910
20060–11#10,315
20050–16#7,348
20040–20#6,116
20030–7#13,249
20020–15#7,274
20010–14#7,564
20000–12#8,330
19990–15#6,696
19980–14#6,926
19970–12#7,549
19960–16#5,943
19950–11#7,836
19940–17#5,587
19930–14#6,462
19920–10#8,462
19910–24#4,288
19900–23#4,321
19890–27#3,743
19880–21#4,248
19870–24#3,694
19860–17#4,646
19850–16#4,759
19840–30#2,964
19830–25#3,292
19820–35#2,678
19810–29#3,034
19800–41#2,374
19790–47#2,134
19780–33#2,604
19770–47#2,046
19760–38#2,237
19750–35#2,339
19740–35#2,277
19730–49#1,782
19720–42#1,958
19710–50#1,789
19700–50#1,793
19690–63#1,491
19680–65#1,395
19670–65#1,366
19660–64#1,374
19650–65#1,377
19640–87#1,186
19630–90#1,153
19620–100#1,086
19610–129#952
19600–136#906
19590–112#1,000
19580–119#949
19570–136#874
19560–136#856
19550–142#812
19540–183#692
19530–170#703
19520–162#702
19510–142#735
19500–137#736
19490–170#637
19480–132#736
19470–153#680
19460–120#744
19450–104#733
19440–135#630
19430–133#659
19420–112#706
19410–139#600
19400–134#604
19390–142#567
19380–146#566
19370–125#603
19360–154#522
19350–150#527
19340–169#495
19330–167#493
19320–159#521
19310–162#512
19300–213#461
19290–191#488
19280–214#469
19270–229#462
19260–225#454
19250–195#505
19240–183#532
19230–204#484
19220–200#487
19210–206#481
19200–225#448
19190–183#497
19180–233#435
19170–196#464
19160–219#424
19150–224#403
19140–153#441
19130–130#434
19120–130#406
19110–98#406
19100–97#401
19090–96#379
19080–83#400
19070–87#380
19060–81#382
19050–98#343
19040–86#353
19030–83#348
19020–82#351
19010–74#354
19000–93#348
18990–60#376
18980–95#322
18970–78#334
18960–76#336
18950–73#335
18940–65#344
18930–55#365
18920–56#355
18910–45#374
18900–63#320
18890–59#319
18880–41#378
18870–32#385
18860–24#444
18850–32#358
18840–22#431
18830–25#369
18820–15#483
18810–21#366
18800–18#397

Highest rank

Leta has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #319 in 1889. 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 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Leta

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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.