Meaning and history
Leia is a form of Leah used in the Greek Old Testament and in Portuguese; it is also the name of a princess in George Lucas’s Star Wars films (1977), likely based on Leah.
20062006: 272 births, rank #961
2007: 288 births, rank #937
2008: 293 births, rank #930
2009: 342 births, rank #824
2010: 323 births, rank #832
20112011: 351 births, rank #774
2012: 422 births, rank #670
2013: 509 births, rank #569
2014: 611 births, rank #509
2015: 766 births, rank #420
20162016: 1,016 births, rank #322
2017: 1,162 births, rank #278
2018: 1,120 births, rank #296
2019: 958 births, rank #334
2020: 1,088 births, rank #296
20212021: 1,078 births, rank #295
2022: 1,216 births, rank #256
2023: 1,424 births, rank #211
2024: 1,099 births, rank #289
20252025: 1,033 births, rank #297
Leia moved from #289 to #297 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2023, with 1,424 births.