Leisha
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 142 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,108since 1956
Leisha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leisha has never cracked the top 800 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 |
| 1982 | #2,901 | 31 |
| 1981 | #2,305 | 43 |
| 1980 | #2,308 | 42 |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1968 | #2,091 | 33 |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 |
| 1965 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1964 | #1,334 | 71 |
| 1963 | #993 | 115 |
| 1962 | #985 | 118 |
| 1961 | #899 | 144 |
| 1960 | #870 | 142 |
| 1959 | #1,537 | 50 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five girls were named Leisha! It came in at #5,325, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2016, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leisha is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| Florida | #1,545 | 8 | 1 in 10,845 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 2,159 spots since 2024 (#4,387 → #6,546)
- 6,907 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 667 spots in 1960
- Biggest drop: 341 spots in 1964
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1960 at #870 (142 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1960–1963
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,017
- Highest: 1 in 14,017 girls born in 1961 were named Leisha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #870 in 1960, was only 1 in 14,239 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 38.7% of all girls named Leisha (816) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 74 | #1,537 (1959) | #3,831 |
| 1960s | 816 | #870 (1960) | #1,386 |
| 1970s | 383 | #1,966 (1971) | #2,203 |
| 1980s | 323 | #2,305 (1981) | #2,954 |
| 1990s | 214 | #2,523 (1990) | #5,908 |
| 2000s | 113 | #5,822 (2001) | #9,757 |
| 2010s | 73 | #9,736 (2019) | #12,211 |
| 2020s | 112 | #4,387 (2024) | #7,564 |
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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