Lea
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Lea
While traditionally pronounced as a homonym for Lee, Glee actress Lea Michele pronounces her name like Leah, and it may also rhyme with Freya. Regardless of your preferred pronunciation, it's interesting to note that Lea has always charted in the US Top 1000, despite coming close to the bottom a few times, making it one of the girl names starting with L that both fits in and stands out.
Lea is also given to boys.
Pronounced LEE.
As of October 2026, Lea ranked #8683 in US births in 1989 SSA, peaked at #939 in 1895.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #682 | 416 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #739 | 382 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #690 | 422 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #810 | 337 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #710 | 410 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #727 | 389 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #752 | 362 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #758 | 377 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #784 | 362 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #802 | 349 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #834 | 324 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #848 | 321 |
World rankings
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Lea on lists
Famous Leas
- Saint LeaGirl
3rd century Roman noblewoman
- Lea Michele (Sarfati)Girl
American actress and singer
- Lea Kathleen ThompsonGirl
American actress
- (Maria) Lea Carmen Imutan SalongaGirl
Filipina actress and voice actress
- Léa Hélène SeydouxGirl
French model and actress
- Lea DeLariaGirl
American comedienne, actress and musician
- Lea AntonoplisGirl
American tennis player
- Lea Gottlieb (born Leah Lenke Roth)Girl
Israeli swimwear designer
- Lea HernandezGirl
American comic artist
- Lea Massari (born Anna Maria Massetani)Girl
Italian actress
- Lea PadovaniGirl
Italian actress
- Lea Sunshine (born Lea Quezada)Girl
American R&B singer
- Lea Loveless MaurerGirl
American Olympic swimmer
- LeaGirl
Lorién Karima Alomar, American singer,songwriter
- Helena "Lea" NordheimGirl
Dutch Jewish Olympic gymnast and Holocaust victim
- Lea PericoliGirl
Italian tennis player
- Lea PoolGirl
Swiss,Canadian filmmaker
- Jessica Lea MayfieldGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Lea Nikki Bacharach (b. 1996)Girl
daughter of actress Angie Dickinson and composer Burt Bacharach
- Lea Drexler (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of singers Leonor Watling and Jorge Drexler
- Lea de Seine Shayk Cooper (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of actor Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk
- Lea TkaltschewitschGirl
German rhythmic gymnast
- Lea SirkGirl
Slovenian singer: represented Slovenia in Eurovision 2018
Lea in pop culture
- Lea ClarkGirl
American Girl of the Year doll 2016
- Lea & Perrin'sGirl
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