Lesa
Girl · LEE-sa · Hebrew
Lesa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lesa mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Lisa, a short form of Elizabeth
“my God is an oath”
A spelling of Lisa, which began as a short form of Elizabeth.
- Say it
- LEE-sa
Is Lesa a girl's or a boy's name?
Lesa is a girls' name.
How popular is Lesa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1962, with 771 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Lesa in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lesa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 43 | #2,613 |
| 1988 | 47 | #2,325 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 47 | #2,202 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,886 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,474 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,790 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,502 |
| 1979 | 102 | #1,251 |
| 1978 | 104 | #1,202 |
| 1977 | 109 | #1,153 |
| 1976 | 112 | #1,086 |
| 1975 | 129 | #963 |
| 1974 | 144 | #889 |
| 1973 | 185 | #749 |
| 1972 | 188 | #742 |
| 1971 | 270 | #622 |
| 1970 | 350 | #540 |
| 1969 | 368 | #508 |
| 1968 | 454 | #449 |
| 1967 | 542 | #391 |
| 1966 | 616 | #366 |
| 1965 | 699 | #345 |
| 1964 | 683 | #364 |
| 1963 | 726 | #351 |
| 1962 | 771 | #340 |
| 1961 | 765 | #343 |
| 1960 | 686 | #366 |
| 1959 | 532 | #409 |
| 1958 | 587 | #378 |
| 1957 | 424 | #458 |
| 1956 | 304 | #534 |
| 1955 | 219 | #627 |
| 1954 | 156 | #738 |
| 1953 | 98 | #953 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,155 |
| 1951 | 50 | #1,313 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,575 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Lesa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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