Leigha — #4386 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leigha

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,556 babies named Leigha between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leigha currently holds the #4386 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 267 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leigha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,822 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Leigha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 408 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Leigha in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leigha 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 6,556 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.