girls:
878 births since 1916
#4838 (15th percentile)
boys:
775 births since 1888
#3812 (17th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1888
#6096 (21st percentile)
The name Le is the #6,096 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,653 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 21.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,838 (15.3% percentile) for all time with 878 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #3,812 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 775 births since 1888.
Le first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1916 for girls). Birth data for Le is available in 94 out of the 127 years between 1888 and 2014 (83 years for boys and 67 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Le is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2014, 100.0% of babies named Le were boys. Interestingly, until around 1953, the name was more popular for boys (75.2% boys from 1888 to 1952), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (63.4% girls from 1953 to 2014).
For girls, Le reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #763) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
For boys, Le reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #492) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1888, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Le".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Le. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.1% confident that Le is pronounced as lee, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lee, at 14.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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