Girls' name · since 1963
Leiah
1,438 babies named Leiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,861 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,292 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,438
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,438 babies have been named Leiah since 1963, making it today's #4292 girls' name.
Leiah has 1,438 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4292 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #5,861 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,292 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,438 born since 1963
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leiah ranks #5,861 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,292 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,438 born since 1963, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,861 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,292 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,438
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leiah's 1,438 recorded births place it above 91.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Leiah compares
1,438 Top 27% higher than 73% 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
Leiah's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,438 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 78 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leiah splits its recorded history at 1998: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 78 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 78
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Leiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (590 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Leiah's strongest decade.
590 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Leiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 38
1970s
38 births
- 1980s 105
1980s
105 births
- 1990s 114
1990s
114 births
- 2000s
2000s
325 births
- 2010s
2010s
590 births
- 2020s
2020s
256 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 590 births (41% of all-time use).
How Leiah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leiah's total volume
Leiah by state
Where Leiah concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 203 | 14.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 106 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 48 | 3.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 34 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 10 | 0.7% |
203 of 1,438 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Leiah's data
- Leiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (590 total births) through the 2020s (256) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Leiahs (203 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Leiah 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.