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    The first name Leta

    A girl’s name.

    2 syllables Female

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Leta at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2025, 10 girls born in the United States were named Leta, the 9,827th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 233 were.

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    11,944
    babies named Leta since 1880
    #9,827
    rank in 2025
    1918
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Leta

    1 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leta Stetter Hollingworth
      American psychologist, 1886–1939

    Questions

    Is Leta a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 11,944 US babies named Leta since 1880 were girls.
    When was Leta most popular?
    1918 in the United States, when 233 babies were named Leta, its highest rank at 435th.