Girls' name · since 1995
Leysha
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 87 babies named Leysha, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,712 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,829 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 87
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leysha currently ranks #13829 among girls' names in America, with 87 babies recorded since 1995.
Social Security Administration records show Leysha recorded 87 times among girls since 1995, holding rank #13829 nationally today, ahead of 20% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #28,712 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,829 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 87 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leysha ranks #28,712 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,829 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 87 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,712 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,829 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 87
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leysha's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leysha compares
87 23rd percentile among 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
Leysha's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leysha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 87 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leysha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leysha's full recorded timeline at 2014, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Leysha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Leysha's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Leysha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (51% of all-time use).
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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, 1995–2025 (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 Leysha 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.