Leshay — girls' name
172 babies named Leshay in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
172 girls have been named Leshay since 1969, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.
- 172
- total births
- 1969–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Leshay was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Leshay in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leshay
The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Leshay between 1969 and 2009, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leshay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leshay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leshay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leshay 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 172 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.
Leshay at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leshay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1969
- Peak year (1995)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
172 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 14 births in a single year.
Leshay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 83 births that decade — 48% of Leshay's all-time total
Leshay decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Leshay's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1969–2009 (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.