Lekha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-kuh
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lekha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “writing, line, streak”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lekha mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit lekha
“writing, line, streak”
From Sanskrit lekha, meaning writing, a line or a streak; the word is also used in Hindi and other Indian languages.
Is Lekha a girl's or a boy's name?
Lekha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lekha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Lekha, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Lekha in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lekha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
Names like Lekha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Uma Zaira Salma Hafsa Zayla Rahma Hiba Huda Zahara Sama Aaliyah
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lekha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lekha, updated 20 October 2026.