Leeah
- #8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 84 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,333since 1977
Leeah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leeah has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 |
| 2016 | #3,229 | 50 |
| 2015 | #3,177 | 52 |
| 2014 | #3,226 | 50 |
| 2013 | #2,597 | 68 |
| 2012 | #2,232 | 84 |
| 2011 | #2,483 | 73 |
| 2010 | #2,670 | 67 |
| 2009 | #2,705 | 67 |
| 2008 | #3,158 | 53 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 |
| 2006 | #3,564 | 44 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
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| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five girls were named Leeah! It came in at #9,652, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leeah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Leeah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 768 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #8,362)
- 3,359 spots since 2020 (#5,003 → #8,362)
- 5,185 spots since 2015 (#3,177 → #8,362)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2012 at #2,232 (84 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,965
- Highest: 1 in 20,965 girls born in 2012 were named Leeah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 40.8% of all girls named Leeah (544) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #9,010 (1979) | #9,471 |
| 1980s | 85 | #4,860 (1985) | #7,231 |
| 1990s | 165 | #4,306 (1996) | #6,045 |
| 2000s | 416 | #2,705 (2009) | #3,655 |
| 2010s | 544 | #2,232 (2012) | #3,240 |
| 2020s | 107 | #5,003 (2020) | #6,629 |
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.
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