# Lei (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lei/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 683 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 652 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 12,117 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,582 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,849 |
| 2002 | 11 | 9,208 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11,233 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,843 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,459 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,122 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,126 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,740 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,075 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,397 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,884 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,649 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,279 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 5 | 6,627 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,841 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,757 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,420 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,253 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,544 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Lei

- Wu Lei, Chinese footballer
- Wang Lei, fencer
- Li Lei, Chinese footballer
- Gao Lei, Chinese trampoline gymnast
- Ding Lei, Chinese internet entrepreneur and billionaire
- Hong Lei, Chinese diplomat
- Zhang Lei, Chinese volleyball player
- Wang Lei, Chinese basketball player (born 1986)
- Guo Lei, Chinese judoka
- Huang Lei, Chinese actor, singer
- Han Lei, Chinese singer
- Zong Lei, Chinese footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.