Leta
2025 SSA
About Leta
Leta has hipster cred as the daughter of cool mommy blogger Dooce. Related to the Greek mythological Leda, a great beauty who mothered another great beauty, Helen of Troy, Leta is a name that's as unique as it is historic: Only 14 baby girls were named Leta in the US last year, and 18 were named Leda. Pronunciation is lee-tah.
Pronounced LEE-tuh.
As of October 2026, Leta ranked #9827 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #319 in 1889.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,831 | 27 | 16.7 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Leta on lists
Famous Letas
- Laeta
second wife of Roman Emperor Gratian
- Leta Stetter Hollingworth
American psychologist who studied exceptional children
- Leta Lindley
American pro golfer
- Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton
birth name of American actress and singer Dorothy Lamour
- Leta Biasucci
American ballerina
Leta in pop culture
- Possibly inspired by Latin laetus
meaning "glad" (making it a relative of Laetitia = "joy, happiness")
- Leta Lestrange
character from Harry Potter's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them