Leiah
- #4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 78 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,438since 1963
Leiah over time
Rank among girls' names. Leiah has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,265 | 33 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 |
| 2022 | #3,653 | 42 |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 |
| 2019 | #3,172 | 50 |
| 2018 | #2,610 | 66 |
| 2017 | #2,903 | 57 |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 |
| 2015 | #3,211 | 51 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 61 |
| 2012 | #2,373 | 78 |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 |
| 2010 | #2,614 | 69 |
| 2009 | #3,460 | 47 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 |
| 2007 | #3,786 | 42 |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 |
| 2005 | #3,404 | 44 |
| 2004 | #4,492 | 30 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
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| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Leiah! It came in at #6,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Leiah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#1,902 · 1 in 14,595
- Florida#2,151 · 1 in 17,352
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #1,439 in Florida, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #1,902 | 11 | 1 in 14,595 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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See more about Leiah
- 749 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #4,265)
- 984 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #4,265)
- 1,054 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #4,265)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2012 at #2,373 (78 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,578 girls born in 2012 were named Leiah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.0% of all girls named Leiah (590) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #6,592 (1963) | #6,804 |
| 1970s | 38 | #8,156 (1976) | #8,785 |
| 1980s | 105 | #4,532 (1981) | #6,860 |
| 1990s | 114 | #5,661 (1999) | #7,810 |
| 2000s | 325 | #3,404 (2005) | #4,688 |
| 2010s | 590 | #2,373 (2012) | #2,919 |
| 2020s | 256 | #3,157 (2021) | #3,618 |
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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