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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.

Most popular in1965
Rank that year#1,017
Births that year280
Total since 18803,180
Given to100% girls
Alive today~2,000
Median age62

Lesia over time

18802025
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.

How old is the name Lesia?

Lesia first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1948, which makes it about 77 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 47 of the 78 years since. It was last recorded in 2017.

How many people are named Lesia?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,180 American births named Lesia between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,845 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Lesia in 2025?

Lesia was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

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.

How old is someone named Lesia?

Roughly 2,845 Americans named Lesia are alive today — 89% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 62 years old, and half are between 58 and 65. That is a narrow band: Lesia arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

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