Lei
Boy · LAY · Chinese
Lei is a boys' name of Chinese origin, meaning “thunder or flower bud, depending on characters”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Lei mean?
Chinese: Chinese given name element
“thunder or flower bud, depending on characters”
In Hawaiian, lei is also the word for a flower garland.
- Say it
- LAY
Is Lei a girl's or a boy's name?
Lei is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lei in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 boys.
Lei in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Lei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Lei, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.
Half of all the girls named Lei in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 25 | #2,413 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,320 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
Names like Lei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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