Le
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Le has been given to 1,653 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1982, with 35 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 53% girls, 47% boys all-time.
Babies named Le, 2006
1 in 659,000
Le over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Le over time
In 2014, Le went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Le?
Le had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2006
- 1 in 659,000
- 6 of 3,956,166 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 317,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2006
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 457,035 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Le sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 457,035 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Le. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Les were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Le was born before 1975 — so the typical Le is around 50 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 23.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 37.9%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 794
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 23.2% of all recorded uses (204).
Is Le rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1982 (35)
- Years since peak
- 43
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.0% average annual change
Where Le is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Le was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 353,598 across all states with data. It was least common in Indiana (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Indiana1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Le has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Le is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Le was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Le has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Le around the world
Where Le ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1998–2016#4,763in 2016
- France1959–2017#6,328in 2017
- Canada2001–2012#2,855in 2012
- South Australia1949–2010#801in 2010
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Le by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Le
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Le
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.