Is Lei a boy or girl name?

Lei is a girl’s name. Of the 683 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 95.5% were girls and 4.5% were boys.

Lei

Recorded 1937–2025 · United States

Lei was most popular in 1960, when 25 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,760 that year. In 2025 it ranked #24,763, with 5 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 683 people named Lei.

Lei over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lei’s peak in 1960. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lei a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lei is a girl’s name — 95.5% of the 683 Americans given it were girls and 4.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lei

Where Lei is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Hawaii 249.5×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org