How Many People Are Named Leta?
people named Leta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 80,666 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,944 babies named Leta in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
233 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly derived from Latin laetus meaning "glad". Otherwise, it could be a short form of names ending in leta.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Leta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leta alive today is about 63 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leta first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 233 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #319, in 1889. In 2025 it ranked #9,824.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,824 |
| Best rank | #319 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #481 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 413 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leta was given 6.5 times as often in Oklahoma, 4.4 times in Missouri and 4.1 times in Texas.
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