Leiyah — girls' name
273 babies named Leiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
273 girls have been named Leiyah since 2001, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 273
- total births
- 2001–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Leiyah was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Leiyah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leiyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Leiyah between 2001 and 2023, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leiyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leiyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leiyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Leiyah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leiyah 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 273 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.
Leiyah at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2001
- Peak year (2011)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
273 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 29 births in a single year.
Leiyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 158 births that decade — 58% of Leiyah's all-time total
Leiyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 158 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leiyah's strongest decade
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Leiyah by state
Where Leiyah concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 4.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 1.8% |
11 of 273 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.0% of nationwide
- Florida 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.