Leiah Girl
How popular is Leiah?
#4,264 girl name in 2025
33 baby girls were named Leiah in the US in 2025, making it the 4264th most popular girl name.
Leiah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,264 for girls (▼ 748 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 33 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,211 in 2015, #3,281 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (78 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,373 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leiah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leia family of names ranked #280 for girls in 2025 (#268 the year before), with 1,180 babies in all.
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 Leiah is most popular
Babies named Leiah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Leiah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #6,591 |
| 1970s | 38 | #8,154 |
| 1980s | 105 | #4,531 |
| 1990s | 114 | #5,655 |
| 2000s | 325 | #3,400 |
| 2010s | 590 | #2,373 |
| 2020s | 256 | #3,157 |
Girl names about as popular as Leiah
Questions
- Is Leiah a boy or girl name?
- Leiah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leiah were girls.
- How popular is the name Leiah?
- 33 baby girls were named Leiah in the US in 2025, making it the 4264th most popular girl name.
- When was Leiah most popular?
- Leiah peaked in 2012, when 78 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,373 in 2012.
- How many people are named Leiah?
- 1,438 babies have been named Leiah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,423 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Leiah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leiah was most common in Texas, at 0.1 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.