Girls' name · since 1949
Leaha
Leaha has 567 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,942 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,082 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 567
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leaha is the #11082 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 567 recorded since 1949.
Social Security Administration records show Leaha recorded 567 times among girls since 1949, holding rank #11082 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #10,942 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,082 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 567 born since 1949
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leaha ranks #10,942 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,082 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 567 born since 1949, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,942 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,082 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 567
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Leaha's 567 recorded births place it above 84.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leaha compares
567 Top 43% higher than 57% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leaha's all-time total is 51% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leaha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 567 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leaha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leaha's full recorded timeline at 1989, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leaha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Leaha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (139 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Leaha's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Leaha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 32
1960s
32 births
- 1970s
1970s
96 births
- 1980s
1980s
139 births
- 1990s
1990s
131 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 139 births (25% of all-time use).
How Leaha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leaha's total volume
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What to do with Leaha's data
- Leaha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (139 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leaha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~76 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leaha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.