Lea

“Meadow or pasture; also a form of Leah” — English/Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #848 in the US (2025) · Retro

Lea's best rank, #397, came in 1970; it has settled back to #848 today. Roughly 34,000 girls have been named Lea since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Lea is the less common spelling of Leah — about 8% of babies given the name are written this way; Leah itself ranked #58 in 2025.

Around the world: #11 in Austria (2025) · #12 in Switzerland (2024) · #21 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #25 in Croatia (2025) · #31 in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Leas

Léa Seydoux — French actress (born 1985)
Lea Michele — American actress and singer
Lea Thompson — American actress
Lea Salonga — Filipino actress and singer (born 1971)
Lea Massari — Italian actress (1933–2015)

In stories & tradition

Lea Starck — Lindenstraße

What Leas become

Among 1,329 notable people named Lea:

Sports figures appear 1.5× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lea Schüller, German association football player.

Similar names: Liah · Raquel · Liz · Hollie · Maura · Sally

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