Meaning not yet researched.
Leah: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,880 in 2025. Its best rank was #24 in 2010.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #24 in 2010; #58 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Leah in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#58 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2010, at #24.
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Leah: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,880 girls in 2025. Peak: #24 in 2010 · most girls in one year: 6,790 (2009).
In 2025, 3,880 US girls were named Leah, making it the 58th most common girls’ name of the year, down 5 places from #53 in 2024. That is 108 fewer than the 3,988 girls named Leah in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #24, reached in 2010. The most girls given the name in a single year was 6,790, in 2009. For comparison, it was #36 in 2015 and #385 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Leah in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 54 babies with the name. In all, 256,954 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 56,113 babies named Leah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 45,498 US girls were named Leah; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,434. In 2025 that was about 1 in 414 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Leah ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #8 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 25 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Lea (34,468 babies since 1880), Leia (18,778 babies since 1880), Leya (1,705 babies since 1880) and Lee (295,926 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Leaha, Leeyah and Lyah are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Leaha (567), Leeyah (392), Lyah (371), Leiyah (273), Leaya (33), Leayah (29), Lyiah (24), Leiha (23), Leyiah (6), Leagh (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Leah in the open dataset we use.
Leah is listed as a nickname for Ashley.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 550 | #8 | #11 |
| New Jersey | 244 | #13 | #13 |
| Delaware | 18 | #24 | #52 |
| Florida | 301 | #42 | #22 |
| Texas | 465 | #46 | #32 |
| Nevada | 36 | #51 | #75 |
| California | 464 | #52 | #38 |
| Maryland | 61 | #57 | #28 |
| Rhode Island | 13 | #57 | #26 |
| Oregon | 43 | #65 | #115 |
| Virginia | 91 | #66 | #48 |
| Vermont | 6 | #69 | #51 |
| Connecticut | 36 | #69 | #36 |
| Illinois | 112 | #73 | #41 |
| Pennsylvania | 112 | #79 | #45 |
| Kansas | 35 | #80 | #54 |
| North Carolina | 113 | #84 | #50 |
| Massachusetts | 65 | #86 | #33 |
| New Mexico | 15 | #88 | #42 |
| Arizona | 64 | #90 | #49 |
| Michigan | 83 | #91 | #52 |
| Ohio | 106 | #92 | #51 |
| Louisiana | 40 | #93 | #71 |
| Georgia | 91 | #93 | #65 |
| Washington | 62 | #99 | #71 |
| Wisconsin | 48 | #101 | #68 |
| Arkansas | 27 | #103 | #83 |
| Tennessee | 69 | #105 | #69 |
| Missouri | 56 | #106 | #66 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #109 | #72 |
| Colorado | 49 | #110 | #79 |
| Utah | 39 | #111 | #47 |
| Iowa | 28 | #113 | #62 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | #113 | #44 |
| Montana | 9 | #114 | #93 |
| Indiana | 55 | #119 | #72 |
| Minnesota | 44 | #122 | #69 |
| South Carolina | 36 | #123 | #61 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #124 | #45 |
| Alabama | 35 | #128 | #92 |
| Kentucky | 34 | #131 | #75 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | #144 | #77 |
| Nebraska | 16 | #145 | #66 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #151 | #104 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #167 | #100 |
| Idaho | 13 | #167 | #102 |
| Mississippi | 15 | #174 | #74 |
| Maine | 6 | #193 | #41 |
| Oklahoma | 19 | #212 | #98 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,880 | #58 | — | — |
| 2024 | 3,988 | #53 | — | — |
| 2023 | 3,976 | #53 | — | — |
| 2022 | 4,196 | #52 | 6 | #11,715 |
| 2021 | 4,474 | #46 | — | — |
| 2020 | 4,530 | #45 | 10 | #7,851 |
| 2019 | 4,780 | #43 | 9 | #8,606 |
| 2018 | 5,038 | #41 | 9 | #8,557 |
| 2017 | 5,202 | #40 | 9 | #8,550 |
| 2016 | 5,434 | #37 | 6 | #11,583 |
| 2015 | 5,636 | #36 | — | — |
| 2014 | 5,610 | #35 | 8 | #9,279 |
| 2013 | 5,618 | #32 | 5 | #13,268 |
| 2012 | 5,781 | #33 | 5 | #13,410 |
| 2011 | 6,400 | #29 | 10 | #7,850 |
| 2010 | 6,545 | #24 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 2009 | 6,790 | #29 | 9 | #8,725 |
| 2008 | 5,634 | #40 | 11 | #7,510 |
| 2007 | 4,555 | #67 | — | — |
| 2006 | 4,657 | #68 | 8 | #9,236 |
| 2005 | 4,601 | #68 | 14 | #5,761 |
| 2004 | 4,744 | #64 | 15 | #5,393 |
| 2003 | 3,925 | #81 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2002 | 3,604 | #87 | 5 | #11,751 |
| 2001 | 3,521 | #87 | 7 | #8,853 |
| 2000 | 3,399 | #97 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1999 | 3,288 | #103 | — | — |
| 1998 | 3,218 | #106 | 5 | #10,620 |
| 1997 | 3,203 | #104 | — | — |
| 1996 | 3,326 | #98 | — | — |
| 1995 | 3,274 | #103 | 5 | #9,716 |
| 1994 | 3,205 | #101 | — | — |
| 1993 | 3,414 | #92 | 5 | #9,584 |
| 1992 | 3,431 | #96 | 7 | #7,114 |
| 1991 | 3,816 | #91 | 8 | #6,283 |
| 1990 | 3,924 | #82 | 9 | #5,634 |
| 1989 | 3,784 | #83 | 23 | #2,746 |
| 1988 | 3,558 | #82 | 13 | #3,810 |
| 1987 | 3,454 | #82 | 12 | #3,879 |
| 1986 | 3,457 | #78 | 14 | #3,364 |
| 1985 | 3,572 | #78 | 18 | #2,782 |
| 1984 | 3,535 | #83 | 9 | #4,409 |
| 1983 | 3,484 | #82 | 18 | #2,628 |
| 1982 | 3,762 | #79 | 20 | #2,480 |
| 1981 | 3,808 | #81 | 11 | #3,754 |
| 1980 | 3,642 | #84 | 16 | #2,909 |
| 1979 | 3,075 | #98 | 10 | #3,967 |
| 1978 | 2,710 | #108 | 8 | #4,396 |
| 1977 | 2,586 | #112 | 10 | #3,745 |
| 1976 | 2,270 | #119 | 8 | #4,239 |
| 1975 | 2,117 | #132 | 9 | #3,812 |
| 1974 | 1,844 | #149 | 6 | #4,991 |
| 1973 | 1,587 | #175 | — | — |
| 1972 | 1,594 | #179 | 7 | #4,249 |
| 1971 | 1,690 | #184 | 9 | #3,546 |
| 1970 | 1,672 | #192 | 9 | #3,423 |
| 1969 | 1,489 | #210 | 6 | #4,206 |
| 1968 | 1,616 | #195 | 5 | #4,477 |
| 1967 | 1,598 | #199 | 9 | #2,892 |
| 1966 | 1,378 | #220 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,385 | #228 | — | — |
| 1964 | 1,422 | #230 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,299 | #244 | 5 | #4,377 |
| 1962 | 977 | #295 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1961 | 806 | #332 | — | — |
| 1960 | 773 | #342 | — | — |
| 1959 | 738 | #352 | — | — |
| 1958 | 667 | #357 | — | — |
| 1957 | 740 | #335 | — | — |
| 1956 | 668 | #339 | — | — |
| 1955 | 592 | #356 | — | — |
| 1954 | 558 | #368 | — | — |
| 1953 | 580 | #347 | — | — |
| 1952 | 496 | #374 | — | — |
| 1951 | 479 | #370 | — | — |
| 1950 | 442 | #385 | — | — |
| 1949 | 451 | #369 | — | — |
| 1948 | 387 | #403 | — | — |
| 1947 | 388 | #410 | — | — |
| 1946 | 324 | #431 | — | — |
| 1945 | 285 | #421 | — | — |
| 1944 | 306 | #414 | — | — |
| 1943 | 308 | #419 | — | — |
| 1942 | 330 | #393 | — | — |
| 1941 | 351 | #352 | — | — |
| 1940 | 365 | #334 | — | — |
| 1939 | 373 | #323 | — | — |
| 1938 | 376 | #324 | — | — |
| 1937 | 408 | #307 | — | — |
| 1936 | 346 | #335 | — | — |
| 1935 | 362 | #334 | — | — |
| 1934 | 395 | #315 | — | — |
| 1933 | 338 | #337 | — | — |
| 1932 | 296 | #377 | — | — |
| 1931 | 319 | #360 | — | — |
| 1930 | 326 | #376 | — | — |
| 1929 | 309 | #381 | — | — |
| 1928 | 405 | #332 | — | — |
| 1927 | 345 | #370 | — | — |
| 1926 | 436 | #319 | — | — |
| 1925 | 444 | #316 | — | — |
| 1924 | 505 | #296 | — | — |
| 1923 | 487 | #294 | — | — |
| 1922 | 485 | #293 | — | — |
| 1921 | 514 | #292 | — | — |
| 1920 | 523 | #286 | — | — |
| 1919 | 527 | #278 | — | — |
| 1918 | 588 | #259 | — | — |
| 1917 | 534 | #269 | — | — |
| 1916 | 514 | #266 | — | — |
| 1915 | 552 | #252 | — | — |
| 1914 | 457 | #246 | — | — |
| 1913 | 370 | #248 | — | — |
| 1912 | 302 | #257 | — | — |
| 1911 | 202 | #271 | — | — |
| 1910 | 207 | #269 | — | — |
| 1909 | 176 | #273 | — | — |
| 1908 | 194 | #249 | — | — |
| 1907 | 200 | #234 | — | — |
| 1906 | 164 | #255 | — | — |
| 1905 | 168 | #248 | — | — |
| 1904 | 149 | #259 | — | — |
| 1903 | 175 | #226 | — | — |
| 1902 | 171 | #231 | — | — |
| 1901 | 184 | #211 | — | — |
| 1900 | 166 | #252 | — | — |
| 1899 | 149 | #223 | — | — |
| 1898 | 185 | #211 | — | — |
| 1897 | 147 | #226 | — | — |
| 1896 | 169 | #211 | — | — |
| 1895 | 203 | #192 | — | — |
| 1894 | 182 | #194 | — | — |
| 1893 | 167 | #199 | — | — |
| 1892 | 163 | #196 | — | — |
| 1891 | 144 | #190 | — | — |
| 1890 | 162 | #184 | — | — |
| 1889 | 134 | #198 | — | — |
| 1888 | 118 | #210 | — | — |
| 1887 | 83 | #231 | — | — |
| 1886 | 83 | #220 | — | — |
| 1885 | 85 | #214 | — | — |
| 1884 | 79 | #212 | — | — |
| 1883 | 65 | #223 | — | — |
| 1882 | 56 | #230 | — | — |
| 1881 | 52 | #210 | — | — |
| 1880 | 54 | #210 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).