Leith
- Last seen for girls in 1973 at #5,580
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Given to boys 85.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 659since 1916
Leith over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,354 | 23 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
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| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
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| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Leith! It came in at #3,177, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Leith is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Leith in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Leith
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,308 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #7,679)
- 1,059 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #7,679)
- 188 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1969 at #2,549 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 78,963
- Highest: 1 in 78,963 boys born in 2018 were named Leith (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,549 in 1969, was only 1 in 149,015 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 16.1% of all boys named Leith (106) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1974
- Mostly girls until 1973, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,177 (1916) | #3,579 |
| 1920s | 22 | #2,822 (1924) | #3,521 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,252 (1935) | #3,366 |
| 1940s | 7 | #3,096 (1947) | #3,096 |
| 1950s | 30 | #2,821 (1959) | #3,144 |
| 1960s | 59 | #2,549 (1969) | #3,049 |
| 1970s | 90 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,862 |
| 1980s | 85 | #2,779 (1981) | #4,636 |
| 1990s | 82 | #4,872 (1992) | #6,581 |
| 2000s | 80 | #4,824 (2005) | #8,582 |
| 2010s | 106 | #4,354 (2018) | #7,479 |
| 2020s | 75 | #5,562 (2021) | #6,824 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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