Leyah

Peak · girls
2011 · 83 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,261
since 1994

Leyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leyah has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,258, 2011girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#4,75828
2024#3,82239
2023#4,74628
2022#4,20234
2021#3,93537
2020#3,39945
2019#3,92337
2018#3,43845
2017#3,01454
2016#3,10053
2015#2,84661
2014#2,61567
2013#2,38576
2012#2,51672
2011#2,25883
2010#2,31382
2009#3,08855
2008#3,12054
2007#3,78642
2006#4,35833
2005#3,31746
2004#3,74838
2003#4,03433
2002#4,90624
2001#6,95615
2000#6,48716
1999#6,19116
1998#8,58410
1997#8,33410
1996#9,5818
1995#7,51411
1994#8,8049
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five girls were named Leyah! It came in at #8,804, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994–1998, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.

Where Leyah is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,767 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 26,954 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedHITexas: #2,921 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 26,757 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Leyah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
  2. Texas#2,921 · 1 in 26,757

Best ever in a state: #605 in Louisiana, 2010.

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See more about Leyah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 936 spots since 2024 (#3,822 → #4,758)
  • 1,359 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #4,758)
  • 1,912 spots since 2015 (#2,846 → #4,758)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2011 at #2,258 (83 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 8 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 21,194
  • Highest: 1 in 21,194 girls born in 2011 were named Leyah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 50.0% of all girls named Leyah (630) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s64#6,191 (1999)#8,168
2000s356#3,088 (2009)#4,380
2010s630#2,258 (2011)#2,841
2020s211#3,399 (2020)#4,144

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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