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.

Leiah

#5,545 most common girls' name of all time · #9,404 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among girls
#5,545
Rank overall
#9,404 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,438
Since 2016
493
Peak year
2012 #2,384
Best rank
#2,384 2012
Girls Boys peak 78/yr
198020002020

Leiah first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 33 — 33 #4,292
2024 44 — 44 #3,540
2023 39 — 39 #3,862
2022 42 — 42 #3,669
2021 51 — 51 #3,180
2020 47 — 47 #3,305
2019 50 — 50 #3,195
2018 66 — 66 #2,627
2017 57 — 57 #2,911
2016 64 — 64 #2,718
2015 51 — 51 #3,232
2014 43 — 43 #3,608
2013 61 — 61 #2,816
2012 78 — 78 #2,384
2011 51 — 51 #3,237
2010 69 — 69 #2,620
2009 47 — 47 #3,482
2008 42 — 42 #3,812
2007 42 — 42 #3,808
2006 42 — 42 #3,691
2005 44 — 44 #3,426
2004 30 — 30 #4,530
2003 25 — 25 #4,993
2002 21 — 21 #5,510
2001 21 — 21 #5,432
2000 11 — 11 #8,713
1999 18 — 18 #5,735
1998 8 — 8 #10,358
1997 8 — 8 #10,078
1996 15 — 15 #6,188
1995 11 — 11 #7,714
1994 8 — 8 #9,869
1993 9 — 9 #8,955
1992 12 — 12 #7,238
1991 11 — 11 #7,612
1990 14 — 14 #6,274
1989 5 — 5 #12,963
1988 11 — 11 #6,864
1987 10 — 10 #7,038
1986 12 — 12 #5,937
1985 12 — 12 #5,862
1984 7 — 7 #8,551
1983 10 — 10 #6,463
1982 8 — 8 #7,787
1981 16 — 16 #4,664
1980 14 — 14 #5,125
1979 6 — 6 #9,468
1978 5 — 5 #10,399
1977 6 — 6 #8,971
1976 6 — 6 #8,698
1975 5 — 5 #9,724
1974 5 — 5 #9,426
1972 5 — 5 #8,984
1968 5 — 5 #7,832
1963 5 — 5 #7,572