girls:
1.1k births since 1955
#4663 (18th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1955
#6686 (14th percentile)
The name Lesha is the #6,686 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,053 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 13.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,663 (18.4% percentile) for all time with 1,053 births since 1955.
Lesha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (first recorded for girls in 1955). Birth data for Lesha is available in 41 out of the 45 years between 1955 and 1999. 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, Lesha reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 10.9% percentile (ranked #687) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 43 births per million (ranked 10.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lesha".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lesha", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 11 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Lesia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Lesia..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lesha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.1% confident that Lesha is pronounced as LEH-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-shuh, at 17.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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