Leatha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Leatha

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,023 babies named Leatha between 1880 and 2000, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leatha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 138 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leatha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,016 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Leatha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 257 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Leatha in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leatha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,023 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.