Leah
Rank in 2025
#58
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
3,880
girls 3,880
Peak year
2009
6,790 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
256,954
since 1880
Born a Leah? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Leah was most popular in 2009, when 6,790 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 3,880 babies were named Leah, ranking #58 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,880 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 3,988 | 53 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 3,976 | 53 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 4,196 | 52 | 6 | 10863 |
| 2021 | 4,474 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 4,530 | 45 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2019 | 4,780 | 43 | 9 | 8215 |
| 2018 | 5,038 | 41 | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | 5,202 | 40 | 9 | 8140 |
| 2016 | 5,434 | 37 | 6 | 10744 |
| 2015 | 5,636 | 36 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 5,610 | 35 | 8 | 8781 |
| 2013 | 5,618 | 32 | 5 | 12136 |
| 2012 | 5,781 | 33 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | 6,400 | 29 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2010 | 6,545 | 24 | 8 | 8803 |
| 2009 | 6,790 | 29 | 9 | 8310 |
| 2008 | 5,634 | 40 | 11 | 7187 |
| 2007 | 4,555 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 4,657 | 68 | 8 | 8732 |
| 2005 | 4,601 | 68 | 14 | 5578 |
| 2004 | 4,744 | 64 | 15 | 5246 |
| 2003 | 3,925 | 81 | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | 3,604 | 87 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 3,521 | 87 | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | 3,399 | 97 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 3,288 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 3,218 | 106 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 3,203 | 104 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 3,326 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 3,274 | 103 | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | 3,205 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 3,414 | 92 | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | 3,431 | 96 | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | 3,816 | 91 | 8 | 5942 |
| 1990 | 3,924 | 82 | 9 | 5382 |
| 1989 | 3,784 | 83 | 23 | 2690 |
| 1988 | 3,558 | 82 | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | 3,454 | 82 | 12 | 3731 |
| 1986 | 3,457 | 78 | 14 | 3268 |
| 1985 | 3,572 | 78 | 18 | 2710 |
| 1984 | 3,535 | 83 | 9 | 4215 |
| 1983 | 3,484 | 82 | 18 | 2577 |
| 1982 | 3,762 | 79 | 20 | 2426 |
| 1981 | 3,808 | 81 | 11 | 3601 |
| 1980 | 3,642 | 84 | 16 | 2831 |
| 1979 | 3,075 | 98 | 10 | 3810 |
| 1978 | 2,710 | 108 | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | 2,586 | 112 | 10 | 3606 |
| 1976 | 2,270 | 119 | 8 | 4012 |
| 1975 | 2,117 | 132 | 9 | 3659 |
| 1974 | 1,844 | 149 | 6 | 4634 |
| 1973 | 1,587 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 1,594 | 179 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | 1,690 | 184 | 9 | 3370 |
| 1970 | 1,672 | 192 | 9 | 3282 |
| 1969 | 1,489 | 210 | 6 | 3935 |
| 1968 | 1,616 | 195 | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | 1,598 | 199 | 9 | 2760 |
| 1966 | 1,378 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,385 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,422 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 1,299 | 244 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 977 | 295 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 806 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 773 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 738 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 667 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 740 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 668 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 592 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 558 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 580 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 496 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 479 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 442 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 451 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 387 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 388 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 324 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 285 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 306 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 308 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 330 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 351 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 365 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 373 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 376 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 408 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 346 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 362 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 395 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 338 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 296 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 319 | 360 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 326 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 309 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 405 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 345 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 436 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 444 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 505 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 487 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 485 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 514 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 523 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 527 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 588 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 534 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 514 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 552 | 252 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 457 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 370 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 302 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 202 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 207 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 176 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 194 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 200 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 164 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 168 | 247 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 149 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 175 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 171 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 184 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 166 | 252 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 149 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 185 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 147 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 169 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 203 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 182 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 167 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 163 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 144 | 190 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 162 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 134 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 118 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 83 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 83 | 219 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 85 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 79 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 65 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 56 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 52 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 54 | 208 | <5 | — |
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Where Leah is most popular
- New Jersey2.1×
- New York2.1×
- Rhode Island1.4×
- Delaware1.3×
- District of Columbia1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years