Leatha
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #13,154
- Peak · girls
- 1900 · 67 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,023since 1880
Leatha over time
Rank among girls' names. Leatha has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 |
| 1968 | #1,728 | 46 |
| 1967 | #1,581 | 51 |
| 1966 | #1,403 | 61 |
| 1965 | #1,187 | 82 |
| 1964 | #1,265 | 76 |
| 1963 | #1,417 | 62 |
| 1962 | #1,476 | 57 |
| 1961 | #1,375 | 66 |
| 1960 | #1,286 | 73 |
| 1959 | #1,292 | 69 |
| 1958 | #1,299 | 66 |
| 1957 | #1,398 | 57 |
| 1956 | #1,204 | 75 |
| 1955 | #1,209 | 69 |
| 1954 | #1,300 | 58 |
| 1953 | #1,188 | 66 |
| 1952 | #1,138 | 69 |
| 1951 | #1,045 | 79 |
| 1950 | #1,082 | 72 |
| 1949 | #1,070 | 70 |
| 1948 | #1,085 | 67 |
| 1947 | #1,012 | 76 |
| 1946 | #1,131 | 56 |
| 1945 | #925 | 67 |
| 1944 | #953 | 66 |
| 1943 | #889 | 77 |
| 1942 | #1,180 | 45 |
| 1941 | #830 | 76 |
| 1940 | #879 | 66 |
| 1939 | #1,022 | 48 |
| 1938 | #846 | 70 |
| 1937 | #850 | 66 |
| 1936 | #768 | 77 |
| 1935 | #834 | 68 |
| 1934 | #710 | 87 |
| 1933 | #721 | 82 |
| 1932 | #781 | 75 |
| 1931 | #717 | 88 |
| 1930 | #941 | 60 |
| 1929 | #779 | 80 |
| 1928 | #805 | 79 |
| 1927 | #731 | 96 |
| 1926 | #729 | 99 |
| 1925 | #727 | 102 |
| 1924 | #715 | 108 |
| 1923 | #727 | 100 |
| 1922 | #725 | 100 |
| 1921 | #641 | 134 |
| 1920 | #665 | 118 |
| 1919 | #677 | 107 |
| 1918 | #629 | 126 |
| 1917 | #639 | 113 |
| 1916 | #569 | 138 |
| 1915 | #603 | 118 |
| 1914 | #666 | 76 |
| 1913 | #561 | 83 |
| 1912 | #531 | 84 |
| 1911 | #585 | 53 |
| 1910 | #522 | 61 |
| 1909 | #552 | 48 |
| 1908 | #546 | 46 |
| 1907 | #511 | 49 |
| 1906 | #549 | 41 |
| 1905 | #450 | 56 |
| 1904 | #570 | 35 |
| 1903 | #451 | 50 |
| 1902 | #545 | 35 |
| 1901 | #487 | 38 |
| 1900 | #407 | 67 |
| 1899 | #578 | 28 |
| 1898 | #510 | 37 |
| 1897 | #458 | 41 |
| 1896 | #453 | 41 |
| 1895 | #499 | 34 |
| 1894 | #457 | 37 |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 |
| 1891 | #644 | 17 |
| 1890 | #483 | 29 |
| 1889 | #486 | 26 |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 |
| 1887 | #499 | 20 |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#305 · 1 in 2,143
- Indiana#336 · 1 in 3,708
- West Virginia#341 · 1 in 2,927
- North Carolina#353 · 1 in 3,768
- Alabama#431 · 1 in 4,461
Best ever in a state: #195 in South Carolina, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #305 | 9 | 1 in 2,143 |
| Indiana | #336 | 7 | 1 in 3,708 |
| West Virginia | #341 | 6 | 1 in 2,927 |
| North Carolina | #353 | 9 | 1 in 3,768 |
| Alabama | #431 | 6 | 1 in 4,461 |
| Kentucky | #434 | 6 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Louisiana | #437 | 6 | 1 in 3,452 |
| Tennessee | #466 | 5 | 1 in 5,142 |
| Missouri | #468 | 6 | 1 in 5,123 |
| Georgia | #529 | 5 | 1 in 6,866 |
| Texas | #557 | 11 | 1 in 4,502 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Leatha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 329 spots in 1883 (#908 → #579)
- Biggest drop: 405 spots in 1882 (#503 → #908)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1900 at #407 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 71 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1938
- 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%)
- 16.9% of all girls named Leatha (1,016) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 121 | #486 (1889) | #658 |
| 1890s | 317 | #453 (1896) | #517 |
| 1900s | 465 | #407 (1900) | #507 |
| 1910s | 959 | #522 (1910) | #598 |
| 1920s | 1,016 | #641 (1921) | #724 |
| 1930s | 721 | #710 (1934) | #819 |
| 1940s | 666 | #830 (1941) | #995 |
| 1950s | 680 | #1,045 (1951) | #1,216 |
| 1960s | 619 | #1,187 (1965) | #1,455 |
| 1970s | 258 | #2,017 (1970) | #3,030 |
| 1980s | 128 | #3,983 (1985) | #6,473 |
| 1990s | 67 | #7,574 (1996) | #9,458 |
| 2000s | 6 | #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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 9,188 of them was named Leatha, which outranked 88.7% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #625Tina128
- #627Eve127
- #627Leslie127
- #629Leatha126
- #629Rubie126
- #629Velva126
- #632Cordelia125
- #632Delphine125
- #632Easter125
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.