Leah Girl
How popular is Leah?
#58 girl name in 2025
3,880 baby girls were named Leah in the US in 2025, making it the 58th most popular girl name.
Leah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #58 for girls (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,880 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #36 in 2015, #45 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (6,790 girls) |
| Highest rank | #24 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leah family of names ranked #70 for girls in 2025 (#66 the year before), with 4,201 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leah | 3,880 | 92% |
| Lea | 321 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Leah is most popular
Babies named Leah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 7.2 per 1,000 (1,303 girls)
- New York: 6.7 per 1,000 (2,668 girls)
- Delaware: 4.8 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Rhode Island: 4.6 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- District of Columbia: 3.9 per 1,000 (46 girls)
Leah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 809 | #197 |
| 1890s | 1,671 | #184 |
| 1900s | 1,747 | #210 |
| 1910s | 4,253 | #246 |
| 1920s | 4,453 | #286 |
| 1930s | 3,539 | #307 |
| 1940s | 3,495 | #334 |
| 1950s | 5,960 | #335 |
| 1960s | 12,743 | #195 |
| 1970s | 21,145 | #98 |
| 1980s | 36,056 | #78 |
| 1990s | 34,099 | #82 |
| 2000s | 45,430 | #29 |
| 2010s | 56,044 | #24 |
| 2020s | 25,044 | #45 |
Girl names about as popular as Leah
Questions
- Is Leah a boy or girl name?
- Leah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leah were girls.
- How popular is the name Leah?
- 3,880 baby girls were named Leah in the US in 2025, making it the 58th most popular girl name.
- When was Leah most popular?
- Leah peaked in 2009, when 6,790 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #24 in 2010.
- How many people are named Leah?
- 256,954 babies have been named Leah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 234,487 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Leah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leah was most common in New Jersey, at 7.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.