The invention discloses a rapid formation method of a lead storage battery, and belongs to the technical field of storage batteries. The rapid formation method of the lead storage battery includes thesteps: firstly, a to-be-formed battery after adding acid is put in a thermostatic waterbath for formation,thencharged to a gassing potential in a small current gradient increasing way in the initialstage of formation and then charged in a current gradient decreasing way, and polarization is reduced; in the intermediate stage of formation, firstly, charging is conducted to the gassing potential through a large current and then conducted in a gradient decreasing way, conversion of active substances is quickly achieved, and the charging time is saved; and when polarization is large, the currentdischarge is used for discharging, depolarization is achieved, the battery charge receptivity is improved, time consumption of the stage is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved. According to the rapid formation method of the lead storage battery, through process adjustment, the water loss of a battery electrolyte is reduced, the change of the acid density is little, polar plates arerapidly converted into the active substances at the low acid density, the low acid density forms alpha-PbO2 advantageously, and the service life of the battery is prolonged advantageously.