Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Leah

#165 most common girls' name of all time · #315 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#165
Rank overall
#315 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
256,954
Since 2016
45,547
Peak year
2009 #29
Best rank
#24 2010
Girls Boys peak 6,799/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Leah is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 3,880 3,880 #58
2024 3,988 3,988 #53
2023 3,976 3,976 #53
2022 4,196 6 4,202 #52
2021 4,474 4,474 #46
2020 4,530 10 4,540 #45
2019 4,780 9 4,789 #43
2018 5,038 9 5,047 #41
2017 5,202 9 5,211 #40
2016 5,434 6 5,440 #37
2015 5,636 5,636 #36
2014 5,610 8 5,618 #35
2013 5,618 5 5,623 #32
2012 5,781 5 5,786 #33
2011 6,400 10 6,410 #29
2010 6,545 8 6,553 #24
2009 6,790 9 6,799 #29
2008 5,634 11 5,645 #40
2007 4,555 4,555 #67
2006 4,657 8 4,665 #68
2005 4,601 14 4,615 #68
2004 4,744 15 4,759 #64
2003 3,925 5 3,930 #81
2002 3,604 5 3,609 #87
2001 3,521 7 3,528 #87
2000 3,399 6 3,405 #97
1999 3,288 3,288 #103
1998 3,218 5 3,223 #106
1997 3,203 3,203 #104
1996 3,326 3,326 #98
1995 3,274 5 3,279 #103
1994 3,205 3,205 #101
1993 3,414 5 3,419 #92
1992 3,431 7 3,438 #96
1991 3,816 8 3,824 #91
1990 3,924 9 3,933 #82
1989 3,784 23 3,807 #83
1988 3,558 13 3,571 #82
1987 3,454 12 3,466 #82
1986 3,457 14 3,471 #78
1985 3,572 18 3,590 #78
1984 3,535 9 3,544 #83
1983 3,484 18 3,502 #82
1982 3,762 20 3,782 #79
1981 3,808 11 3,819 #81
1980 3,642 16 3,658 #84
1979 3,075 10 3,085 #98
1978 2,710 8 2,718 #108
1977 2,586 10 2,596 #112
1976 2,270 8 2,278 #119
1975 2,117 9 2,126 #132
1974 1,844 6 1,850 #149
1973 1,587 1,587 #175
1972 1,594 7 1,601 #179
1971 1,690 9 1,699 #184
1970 1,672 9 1,681 #192
1969 1,489 6 1,495 #210
1968 1,616 5 1,621 #195
1967 1,598 9 1,607 #199
1966 1,378 1,378 #220
1965 1,385 1,385 #229
1964 1,422 1,422 #230
1963 1,299 5 1,304 #244
1962 977 7 984 #295
1961 806 806 #332
1960 773 773 #342
1959 738 738 #352
1958 667 667 #357
1957 740 740 #335
1956 668 668 #339
1955 592 592 #356
1954 558 558 #368
1953 580 580 #347
1952 496 496 #374
1951 479 479 #370
1950 442 442 #385
1949 451 451 #369
1948 387 387 #403
1947 388 388 #410
1946 324 324 #431
1945 285 285 #422
1944 306 306 #414
1943 308 308 #418
1942 330 330 #393
1941 351 351 #352
1940 365 365 #334
1939 373 373 #323
1938 376 376 #324
1937 408 408 #307
1936 346 346 #335
1935 362 362 #334
1934 395 395 #315
1933 338 338 #336
1932 296 296 #377
1931 319 319 #360
1930 326 326 #376
1929 309 309 #381
1928 405 405 #332
1927 345 345 #371
1926 436 436 #319
1925 444 444 #316
1924 505 505 #296
1923 487 487 #295
1922 485 485 #293
1921 514 514 #292
1920 523 523 #286
1919 527 527 #278
1918 588 588 #259
1917 534 534 #269
1916 514 514 #266
1915 552 552 #252
1914 457 457 #247
1913 370 370 #248
1912 302 302 #257
1911 202 202 #270
1910 207 207 #268
1909 176 176 #272
1908 194 194 #249
1907 200 200 #234
1906 164 164 #255
1905 168 168 #247
1904 149 149 #259
1903 175 175 #226
1902 171 171 #231
1901 184 184 #210
1900 166 166 #252
1899 149 149 #223
1898 185 185 #211
1897 147 147 #226
1896 169 169 #211
1895 203 203 #191
1894 182 182 #194
1893 167 167 #199
1892 163 163 #197
1891 144 144 #190
1890 162 162 #184
1889 134 134 #197
1888 118 118 #210
1887 83 83 #231
1886 83 83 #220
1885 85 85 #213
1884 79 79 #212
1883 65 65 #223
1882 56 56 #231
1881 52 52 #208
1880 54 54 #210