Leelah — #6530 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leelah

The Social Security Administration has registered 427 babies named Leelah between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leelah currently holds the #6530 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leelah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leelah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leelah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leelah 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 427 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.