Girls' name · since 1900
Leather
Leather has 195 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1913 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1900
- 1910s
- peak decade
Leather is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 195 have been recorded since 1900.
Social Security Administration records show Leather recorded 195 times among girls since 1900, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1989.
- #20,077 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 195 born since 1900
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leather ranks #20,077 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 195 born since 1900, peaking in the 1910s.
- #20,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1900
- 1910s
- peak decade
Leather's 195 recorded births place it above 72.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leather's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leather's full recorded timeline at 1923, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1900, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1913 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leather popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1989
- Peak year (1913)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
Leather by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (71 births, 36% of the file).
1910s was Leather's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Leather births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 12
1900s
12 births
- 1910s
1910s
71 births
- 1920s
1920s
48 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 71 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leather's data
- Leather's decade-level peak was the 1910s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1980s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Leather: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1913)
Similar record span (~89 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, 1900–1989 (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 Leather 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.