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01 / Meaning & origin
Leja is a feminine given name documented in Danish and Slovene.
Separate records with matching spellings: Lėja (Lithuanian)
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2017: 5 girls (rank 15902).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
2000–2025 Spelling: Leja
Recorded category girls
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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | 1 | 1,137 | observed |
| 2003 | 1 | 1,180 | observed |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | 1 | 1,272 | observed |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | 1 | 1,368 | observed |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | 1 | 1,460 | observed |
| 2010 | 3 | 1,117 | observed |
| 2011 | 1 | 1,531 | observed |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | 2 | 1,340 | observed |
| 2014 | 1 | 1,638 | observed |
| 2015 | 1 | 1,674 | observed |
| 2016 | 1 | 1,719 | observed |
| 2017 | 2 | 1,494 | observed |
| 2018 | 2 | 1,512 | observed |
| 2019 | 2 | 1,527 | observed |
| 2020 | 3 | 1,347 | observed |
| 2021 | 10 | 686 | observed |
| 2022 | 4 | 1,143 | observed |
| 2023 | 5 | 991 | observed |
| 2024 | 4 | 1,147 | observed |
| 2025 | 5 | 1,013 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Leja” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)
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No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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