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Lea

Girl · LEE-a · Hebrew

Lea is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “possibly weary”. In 2025 it ranked 626th for girls in the UK (67 babies) and 848th for girls in the US (321 babies).

What does Lea mean?

Hebrew: French, German and Scandinavian form of Leah

“possibly weary”

The usual spelling of Leah in French, German and Scandinavian languages; lea is also an old English word for a meadow.

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

Lea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 67 girls in the UK and 321 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lea in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#626among girls
Babies in 2025
67about 1 in 4,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 67 girls in the UK were named Lea, making it the 626th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 478th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 92 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 506 girls in the UK were given Lea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #123, up from #626 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 622nd in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 92 in 20202025
Lea in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202567#626
202470#604
202359#671
202276#560
202176#574
202092#478
201982#546
201875#601
201789#526
201664#707
201590#523
201476#604
201371#631
201279#591
201172#617
201055#727
200959#687
200871#586
200767#598
200685#494
200554#644
200462#560
200368#516
200262#531
200159#545
200041#674
199973#462
199847#612
199737#733
199633#755

How popular is Lea in the US?

Rank in 2025
#848among girls
Babies in 2025
321about 1 in 5,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 321 girls in the US were named Lea, making it the 848th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 749th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 593 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lea than any year since 1954.

Half of all the girls named Lea in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 6,018 girls in the US were given Lea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #36, up from #848 for this spelling alone.

In 1989, 99% of the babies named Lea in the US were girls.

1880Busiest: 593 in 19702025
Lea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025321#848
2024327#833
2023349#803
2022362#784
2021378#752
2020363#749
2019389#726
2018410#709
2017337#810
2016422#690
2015382#739
2014416#681
2013473#599
2012470#609
2011528#556
2010514#569
2009431#675
2008479#643
2007432#680
2006481#607
2005473#601
2004446#616
2003396#668
2002382#665
2001363#685
2000367#662
1999365#643
1998365#635
1997367#615
1996409#567
1995332#649
1994378#595
1993402#584
1992358#631
1991389#589
1990466#515
1989395#565
1988402#543
1987357#560
1986345#570
1985378#527
1984404#494
1983349#537
1982384#519
1981466#459
1980464#457
1979472#436
1978385#502
1977398#481
1976349#510
1975403#466
1974449#431
1973424#443
1972444#434
1971536#400
1970593#396
1969527#419
1968491#428
1967519#402
1966465#436
1965442#455
1964403#482
1963450#458
1962420#470
1961403#480
1960373#503
1959416#475
1958446#450
1957342#515
1956382#477
1955338#501
1954243#578
1953192#643
1952210#598
1951171#669
1950149#702
1949131#747
1948153#672
1947153#678
1946122#732
194595#768
194483#836
194392#801
194296#773
194197#713
194077#808
193965#868
193872#830
193778#775
193659#888
193562#874
193470#804
193365#826
193253#969
193171#806
193076#810
192960#922
192873#845
192769#898
192667#911
192559#970
192461#976
192366#901
192282#803
192164#928
192062#921
191976#806
191893#739
191765#849
191680#767
191558#856
191456#769
191343#803
191245#747
191151#594
191023#896
190927#773
190835#649
190725#749
190624#742
190523#761
190415#938
190316#862
190225#667
190115#857
190029#656
189919#728
189830#586
189715#826
189623#651
189511#986
189427#557
189319#662
189214#796
189115#695
189013#758
18898#950
188817#612
18879#788
18867#897
188516#542
188415#541
188312#561
18826#813
18817#679
18807#679

Names like Lea

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Lea

Leah Lia Leea Liah Lya Leigha Lyah Leeah

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