Girls' name · since 1939
Leathea
10 babies named Leathea in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #55,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1939
- 1930s
- peak decade
10 girls have been named Leathea since 1939, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Leathea has 10 recorded births among girls since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1956.
- #55,834 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1939
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leathea ranks #55,834 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1939, peaking in the 1930s.
- #55,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1939
- 1930s
- peak decade
Leathea's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leathea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leathea's SSA record in two at 1956 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1939, with only 5 births recorded.
Leathea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1956
- Peak year (1939)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Leathea by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1930s was Leathea's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Leathea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leathea's data
- Leathea's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Leathea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1939)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1939–1956 (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 Leathea 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.