Girls' name · since 1959
Leyda
Leyda has 395 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 395
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
395 babies have been named Leyda since 1959, making it today's #11107 girls' name.
Leyda has 395 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11107 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #13,618 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,107 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 395 born since 1959
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leyda ranks #13,618 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,107 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 395 born since 1959, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 395
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leyda's 395 recorded births place it above 81.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Leyda compares
395 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Leyda's all-time total is 5% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leyda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 395 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leyda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leyda splits its recorded history at 1999: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leyda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Leyda by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (111 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Leyda's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Leyda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s 40
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
82 births
- 2000s
2000s
111 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 111 births (28% of all-time use).
Leyda by state
Where Leyda concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 5.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
23 of 395 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Leyda's data
- Leyda's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Leydas (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leyda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Leyda 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.