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Le

girls’ name · 53%boys’ name · 47%FadedCompare

Le is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198235 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1916
1,653people given the name
Babies named Le, by year of birthgirlsboys
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

878 girls have been named Le in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 35 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 35 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1975, and the 1980s alone account for 23%.

Le is used for both sexes: 47% of its bearers are boys (775), most of them born around 1990.

By decade

Decadegirls named Le
1910s7
1920s11
1930s27
1940s39
1950s104
1960s184
1970s119
1980s204
1990s146
2000s37

In 1982, its biggest year

Le was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.

Names that rose and fell with Le

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.