as a First Name
Variant spelling of Leah or Lia, or occasionally possibly a shortened form of Azalea. It is sometimes a variant of the girl's name Lee, from an alternative form of the surname, pronounced as a single syllable.
| 953rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 35,029
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Lea per capita
- 1970
- marked the height of its popularity
100%
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9%
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46%
30-54
30-54
19%
13-29
13-29
27%
0-12
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