Leatha

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #13,154

Peak · girls
1900 · 67 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,023
since 1880

Leatha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leatha has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #407, 1900girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2000#13,1546
1999—
1998#11,1387
1997#10,8367
1996#7,57411
1995#10,5147
1994—
1993#8,7199
1992#8,7349
1991#10,2717
1990#7,88010
1989#12,3625
1988#8,3918
1987#4,85716
1986#10,9125
1985#3,98320
1984#5,53912
1983#5,14813
1982#5,20913
1981#4,00519
1980#4,32717
1979#4,42016
1978#4,24216
1977#3,36622
1976#2,86526
1975#2,88125
1974#2,34833
1973#3,23320
1972#2,45129
1971#2,47730
1970#2,01741
1969#1,83545
1968#1,72846
1967#1,58151
1966#1,40361
1965#1,18782
1964#1,26576
1963#1,41762
1962#1,47657
1961#1,37566
1960#1,28673
1959#1,29269
1958#1,29966
1957#1,39857
1956#1,20475
1955#1,20969
1954#1,30058
1953#1,18866
1952#1,13869
1951#1,04579
1950#1,08272
1949#1,07070
1948#1,08567
1947#1,01276
1946#1,13156
1945#92567
1944#95366
1943#88977
1942#1,18045
1941#83076
1940#87966
1939#1,02248
1938#84670
1937#85066
1936#76877
1935#83468
1934#71087
1933#72182
1932#78175
1931#71788
1930#94160
1929#77980
1928#80579
1927#73196
1926#72999
1925#727102
1924#715108
1923#727100
1922#725100
1921#641134
1920#665118
1919#677107
1918#629126
1917#639113
1916#569138
1915#603118
1914#66676
1913#56183
1912#53184
1911#58553
1910#52261
1909#55248
1908#54646
1907#51149
1906#54941
1905#45056
1904#57035
1903#45150
1902#54535
1901#48738
1900#40767
1899#57828
1898#51037
1897#45841
1896#45341
1895#49934
1894#45737
1893#47332
1892#61621
1891#64417
1890#48329
1889#48626
1888#79311
1887#49920
1886#69311
1885#69510
1884#68610
1883#57911
1882#9085
1881#50311
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Leatha was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Leatha is popular in 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Leatha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
  • Biggest jump: 329 spots in 1883 (#908 → #579)
  • Biggest drop: 405 spots in 1882 (#503 → #908)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1900 at #407 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 71 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1938
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,474
  • Highest: 1 in 4,474 girls born in 1900 were named Leatha (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 302,673 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.9% of all girls named Leatha (1,016) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s121#486 (1889)#658
1890s317#453 (1896)#517
1900s465#407 (1900)#507
1910s959#522 (1910)#598
1920s1,016#641 (1921)#724
1930s721#710 (1934)#819
1940s666#830 (1941)#995
1950s680#1,045 (1951)#1,216
1960s619#1,187 (1965)#1,455
1970s258#2,017 (1970)#3,030
1980s128#3,983 (1985)#6,473
1990s67#7,574 (1996)#9,458
2000s6#13,154 (2000)#13,154

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Leatha in 1904

girls
#570
35 births · 1 in 7,867 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #570Leatha35
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 7,867 of them was named Leatha, which outranked 73.7% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leatha
  1. #559Joy36
  2. #559Lilla36
  3. #559Vinnie36
  4. #570Leatha35
  5. #570Altha35
  6. #570Bulah35
  7. #570Concetta35
  8. #576Bell34
  9. #576Bennie34
  10. #576Camilla34

Tied with 5 names at #570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904 →