Leysha — #6771 US girls' name
81 babies named Leysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Leysha was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Leysha in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leysha
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Leysha between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leysha currently holds the #6771 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leysha performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Leysha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leysha 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 81 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.
Leysha at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Leysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2024)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #6771 among girls.
81 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 17 births in a single year.
Leysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 38 births that decade — 47% of Leysha's all-time total
Leysha decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Leysha's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1995–2024 (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.