Girls' name · since 2000
Leelah
Leelah has 446 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,680 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 446
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leelah currently ranks #6252 among girls' names in America, with 446 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leelah has been recorded 446 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #6252 nationally and more common than 64% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #12,680 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,252 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 446 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leelah ranks #12,680 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,252 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 446 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,680 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 446
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leelah's 446 recorded births place it above 82.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Leelah compares
446 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leelah's all-time total is 19% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leelah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 446 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leelah splits its recorded history at 2013: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Leelah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (255 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Leelah's strongest decade.
255 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Leelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 92
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
255 births
- 2020s 99
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 255 births (57% of all-time use).
Leelah by state
Where Leelah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 34 | 7.6% |
34 of 446 births nationwide.
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What to do with Leelah's data
- Leelah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (255 total births) through the 2020s (99) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Leelahs (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leelah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Leelah 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.