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Girl's name · #297 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Leia is near its high-water mark: it reached #211 in 2023 and still ranked #297 in 2025. About 19,000 girls have carried it since 1949.
US births of Leia rose from 21 in 1976 to 98 in 1977, when Star Wars introduced Princess Leia. The following year, births reached 156.
In recent years, Leia ran about 5× its national rate in Hawaii—where it ranked #50 in 2025.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#37 in Sweden (2025) · #124 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #292 in France (2025) · #314 in Ireland (2025) · #328 in Poland (2025) · #332 in Switzerland (2025) · #343 in Scotland (2025) · #409 in Belgium (2025) · #429 in England & Wales (2025) · #477 in Netherlands (2025) · #545 in Austria (2025) · #974 in Ecuador (2025) and 1 more.
Among 35 notable people named Leia:
Sports figures appear 2.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leia Dongue, Mozambican basketball player.
Similar names: Lia · Shiloh · Liv · Gia · Ariyah · Elia
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