Quick answers about Lesa
How many people are named Lesa?
An estimated 9,003 living Americans are named Lesa.
How rare is Lesa?
Lesa fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Lesa?
The median age of a living American named Lesa is approximately 61 years, with most bearers falling between 56 and 65 years old.
Is Lesa still popular?
Not especially. Lesa has been declining since its 1962 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Lesa most common?
Lesa has its strongest geographic signal in Arkansas, where it appears 3.6× more often than the national baseline.
1915Peak 19622025
Where it lives now
Lesa is most concentrated in Arkansas — about 3.6× the national rate in the 1960s. It also runs high in Oklahoma and Utah.
States where Lesa is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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