How Many People Are Named Lei?
people named Lei are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 577,339 people in the US has this name
Based on 683 babies named Lei in Social Security records from 1937 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lei, 94.9% were girls and 5.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lei alive today is about 49 years old, and 40% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 34 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lei first appears in the records in 1937 and was given most often in 1960, to 25 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1937 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lei has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,352, in 1956. In 2025 it ranked #16,274.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #16,274 |
| Best rank | #2,352 (1956) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,255 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lei alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lei were born in Hawaii than in any other state: about 49 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lei was given about 233.9 times as often in Hawaii.
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