Girls' name · since 1897
Leathia
251 babies named Leathia in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 1904. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 251
- born since 1897
- 1930s
- peak decade
Leathia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 251 recorded since 1897.
Leathia has 251 recorded births among girls since 1897, 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 1897 to 1967.
- #17,560 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 251 born since 1897
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leathia ranks #17,560 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 251 born since 1897, peaking in the 1930s.
- #17,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 251
- born since 1897
- 1930s
- peak decade
Leathia's 251 recorded births place it above 75.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leathia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leathia's SSA record in two at 1926 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1901, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1904 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leathia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–1967
- Peak year (1904)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Leathia by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (61 births, 24% of the file).
1930s was Leathia's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Leathia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s
1900s
37 births
- 1910s
1910s
42 births
- 1920s
1920s
58 births
- 1930s
1930s
61 births
- 1940s
1940s
27 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 61 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Leathia's decade-level peak was the 1930s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1960s -- 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 Leathia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1904)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1897–1967 (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 Leathia 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.