Leta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-ta
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Leta is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Leta come from?
Latin: perhaps from Latin laetus, glad
Is Leta a girl's or a boy's name?
Leta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Leta, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 233 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leta in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,342 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,112 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 35 | #2,321 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,773 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,781 |
| 1969 | 63 | #1,480 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,387 |
| 1967 | 65 | #1,360 |
| 1966 | 64 | #1,368 |
| 1965 | 65 | #1,366 |
| 1964 | 87 | #1,182 |
| 1963 | 90 | #1,150 |
| 1962 | 100 | #1,081 |
| 1961 | 129 | #952 |
| 1960 | 136 | #904 |
| 1959 | 112 | #996 |
| 1958 | 119 | #946 |
| 1957 | 136 | #870 |
| 1956 | 136 | #849 |
| 1955 | 142 | #810 |
| 1954 | 183 | #691 |
| 1953 | 170 | #701 |
| 1952 | 162 | #701 |
| 1951 | 142 | #732 |
| 1950 | 137 | #732 |
| 1949 | 170 | #635 |
| 1948 | 132 | #733 |
| 1947 | 153 | #678 |
| 1946 | 120 | #743 |
| 1945 | 104 | #731 |
| 1944 | 135 | #630 |
| 1943 | 133 | #657 |
| 1942 | 112 | #704 |
| 1941 | 139 | #598 |
| 1940 | 134 | #602 |
| 1939 | 142 | #565 |
| 1938 | 146 | #565 |
| 1937 | 125 | #602 |
| 1936 | 154 | #522 |
| 1935 | 150 | #525 |
| 1934 | 169 | #494 |
| 1933 | 167 | #491 |
| 1932 | 159 | #521 |
| 1931 | 162 | #510 |
| 1930 | 213 | #461 |
| 1929 | 191 | #486 |
| 1928 | 214 | #469 |
| 1927 | 229 | #462 |
| 1926 | 225 | #451 |
| 1925 | 195 | #504 |
| 1924 | 183 | #532 |
| 1923 | 204 | #483 |
| 1922 | 200 | #487 |
| 1921 | 206 | #480 |
| 1920 | 225 | #448 |
| 1919 | 183 | #497 |
| 1918 | 233 | #435 |
| 1917 | 196 | #463 |
| 1916 | 219 | #424 |
| 1915 | 224 | #402 |
| 1914 | 153 | #441 |
| 1913 | 130 | #434 |
| 1912 | 130 | #406 |
| 1911 | 98 | #406 |
| 1910 | 97 | #400 |
| 1909 | 96 | #377 |
| 1908 | 83 | #399 |
| 1907 | 87 | #376 |
| 1906 | 81 | #382 |
| 1905 | 98 | #342 |
| 1904 | 86 | #351 |
| 1903 | 83 | #346 |
| 1902 | 82 | #351 |
| 1901 | 74 | #352 |
| 1900 | 93 | #346 |
| 1899 | 60 | #374 |
| 1898 | 95 | #322 |
| 1897 | 78 | #332 |
| 1896 | 76 | #334 |
| 1895 | 73 | #334 |
| 1894 | 65 | #343 |
| 1893 | 55 | #364 |
| 1892 | 56 | #351 |
| 1891 | 45 | #372 |
| 1890 | 63 | #317 |
| 1889 | 59 | #319 |
| 1888 | 41 | #374 |
| 1887 | 32 | #378 |
| 1886 | 24 | #439 |
| 1885 | 32 | #354 |
| 1884 | 22 | #425 |
| 1883 | 25 | #366 |
| 1882 | 15 | #475 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 18 | #388 |
Names like Leta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loretta Alma Stella Laura Lena Flora Estella Leona Lucille Clara Lettie Ada
Names related to Leta
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Leta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leta, updated 20 October 2026.