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Le

Boy · LAY · Vietnamese

Le is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Le mean?

Vietnamese: Vietnamese family name Le, also used in given names

Le is one of the most common Vietnamese family names and was borne by the Le dynasties that ruled Vietnam.

Say it
LAY

Is Le a girl's or a boy's name?

Le is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Le in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Le, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 5 in 20062025
Le in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20243#5,198
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20193#4,913
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20134#4,008
20124#4,147
20110–
20100–
20090–
20083#4,615
20075#3,231
20065#3,013
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19963#2,949

How popular is Le in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.

Half of all the boys named Le in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 73% of the babies named Le in the US in 1966, and 57% in 1993.

1888Busiest: 20 in 19902014
Le in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20147#9,636
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20035#10,886
200212#5,718
20019#6,928
200016#4,567
199917#4,157
199811#5,460
19976#8,104
19967#7,129
19958#6,400
199412#4,797
199316#3,812
199212#4,556
199117#3,456
199020#3,052
198913#4,011
198813#3,700
19876#6,083
198615#3,128
198512#3,596
198412#3,457
19838#4,497
198214#3,107
19818#4,507
19805#6,248
197911#3,567
19787#4,552
197710#3,604
19769#3,722
19756#4,795
19745#5,225
19739#3,443
19727#3,960
19718#3,656
19700–
19690–
19689#2,906
19676#3,557
19668#2,985
19657#3,242
19648#3,049
19637#3,317
19625#4,031
19610–
19600–
19596#3,618
19580–
19577#3,255
19567#3,214
195510#2,557
19546#3,450
19535#3,796
19529#2,678
19518#2,842
195010#2,437
19499#2,605
19488#2,787
19470–
19466#3,171
19456#2,995
19447#2,861
19430–
19426#3,211
19410–
194011#2,179
19399#2,449
19380–
19376#3,175
19365#3,548
19358#2,719
19340–
19330–
19327#3,091
19318#2,863
19308#3,020
192910#2,588
192814#2,162
192711#2,523
192613#2,302
192510#2,753
192412#2,473
192312#2,445
192213#2,346
19218#3,213
192011#2,601
191910#2,664
19188#3,095
191710#2,561
191615#1,948
191513#2,069
191412#1,867
19137#2,272
19120–
19115#1,739
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18886#917

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