Leidy
- #5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births
- Peak · girls
- 2006 · 50 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 871since 1974
Leidy over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leidy has never cracked the top 3,000 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 | #5,722 | 21 |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 |
| 2006 | #3,264 | 50 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
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| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
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First appearance
1974
The first year at least five girls were named Leidy! It came in at #7,680, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1987, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Leidy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Leidy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,162 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #5,722)
- 408 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #5,722)
- 869 spots since 2015 (#4,853 → #5,722)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 2006 at #3,264 (50 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 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 38,024
- Highest: 1 in 38,024 girls born in 2006 were named Leidy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 35.4% of all girls named Leidy (308) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #7,680 (1974) | #7,680 |
| 1980s | 20 | #8,761 (1989) | #9,777 |
| 1990s | 120 | #5,583 (1998) | #7,476 |
| 2000s | 308 | #3,264 (2006) | #4,611 |
| 2010s | 279 | #3,411 (2016) | #5,071 |
| 2020s | 138 | #4,560 (2024) | #5,478 |
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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