Leiah — #3524 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,404 babies named Leiah between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leiah currently holds the #3524 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 589 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Leiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 197 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Leiah in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leiah 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 1,404 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.