girls:
868 births since 1956
#4848 (15th percentile)
overall:
868 births since 1956
#6871 (11th percentile)
The name Leeza is the #6,871 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 868 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,848 (15.2% percentile) for all time with 868 births since 1956.
Leeza first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for girls in 1956). Birth data for Leeza is available in 45 out of the 66 years between 1956 and 2021. 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.
For girls, Leeza reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 12.2% percentile (ranked #742) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 55 births per million (ranked 12.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leeza".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Leeza. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Leeza is pronounced as LEE-zuh, which has 2 syllables.
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