Is Lesia a boy or girl name?

Lesia is a girl’s name. Of the 3,180 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Lesia

Recorded 1948–2017 · United States

Lesia was most popular in 1965, when 280 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,017 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,180 people named Lesia.

Lesia over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lesia’s peak in 1965. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lesia a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lesia is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,180 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% 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 Lesia

Where Lesia is most concentrated

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

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