Leisha — #4477 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,090 babies named Leisha between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leisha currently holds the #4477 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 144 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leisha performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 816 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Leisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Leisha in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leisha 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 2,090 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.