Girls' name · since 1961
Leashia
30 babies named Leashia in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #40,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
30 girls have been named Leashia since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Leashia recorded 30 times among girls since 1961, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2009.
- #40,977 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1961
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leashia ranks #40,977 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1961, peaking in the 2000s.
- #40,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leashia's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leashia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leashia's full recorded timeline at 2006, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leashia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2009
- Peak year (1961)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2009.
30 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 7 births in a single year.
Leashia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Leashia's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Leashia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
7 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (57% of all-time use).
Leashia decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leashia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1961–2009 (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 Leashia 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.
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