Unisex name · since 1916
Leith
659 babies named Leith in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,694 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,736 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 659
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leith is the #7736 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 659 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leith has been recorded 659 times among boys since 1916, currently ranked #7736 nationally and more common than 44% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #6,694 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,736 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 659 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leith ranks #6,694 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,736 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 659 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,694 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,736 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 659
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leith's 659 recorded births place it above 85.27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leith compares
659 Top 39% higher than 61% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Leith's all-time total is 79% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leith | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 659 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leith's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leith popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Leith popularity over time - girls
110 total births recorded since 1941 (Leith as girls' name)
Leith by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (106 births, 16% of the file).
2010s was Leith's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Leith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 22
1920s
22 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1950s 30
1950s
30 births
- 1960s
1960s
59 births
- 1970s
1970s
90 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
82 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
106 births
- 2020s
2020s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 106 births (16% of all-time use).
How Leith compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Leith's total volume
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What to do with Leith's data
- Leith's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (106 total births) through the 2020s (75) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Leith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Leith 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.