Leigh*
#641 most common girls' name of all time · #1,174 across all names · 11% male / 89% female · used 1882–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#641
Rank overall
#1,174 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
45,349
Since 2016
517
Peak year
1969 #201
Best rank
#201 1969
Girls
Boys
peak 1,641/yr
Leigh first appears in 1882. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,462 |
| 2024 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,399 |
| 2023 | 38 | 5 | 43 | #3,918 |
| 2022 | 56 | 8 | 64 | #2,963 |
| 2021 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 38 | 9 | 47 | #3,780 |
| 2019 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,818 |
| 2018 | 46 | 8 | 54 | #3,397 |
| 2017 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,836 |
| 2016 | 64 | 6 | 70 | #2,703 |
| 2015 | 47 | 7 | 54 | #3,391 |
| 2014 | 56 | 8 | 64 | #3,008 |
| 2013 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,271 |
| 2012 | 39 | 6 | 45 | #3,919 |
| 2011 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,554 |
| 2010 | 50 | 8 | 58 | #3,258 |
| 2009 | 61 | 5 | 66 | #2,859 |
| 2008 | 57 | 5 | 62 | #3,019 |
| 2007 | 45 | 7 | 52 | #3,604 |
| 2006 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,781 |
| 2005 | 63 | 6 | 69 | #2,674 |
| 2004 | 74 | 7 | 81 | #2,330 |
| 2003 | 83 | 6 | 89 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 83 | 8 | 91 | #2,066 |
| 2001 | 116 | 11 | 127 | #1,596 |
| 2000 | 123 | 14 | 137 | #1,493 |
| 1999 | 149 | 11 | 160 | #1,252 |
| 1998 | 147 | 9 | 156 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 191 | 14 | 205 | #1,008 |
| 1996 | 219 | 11 | 230 | #899 |
| 1995 | 230 | 16 | 246 | #852 |
| 1994 | 287 | 14 | 301 | #725 |
| 1993 | 372 | 12 | 384 | #615 |
| 1992 | 423 | 23 | 446 | #557 |
| 1991 | 445 | 33 | 478 | #526 |
| 1990 | 523 | 28 | 551 | #468 |
| 1989 | 603 | 40 | 643 | #409 |
| 1988 | 714 | 43 | 757 | #347 |
| 1987 | 668 | 56 | 724 | #358 |
| 1986 | 718 | 51 | 769 | #337 |
| 1985 | 773 | 58 | 831 | #312 |
| 1984 | 883 | 64 | 947 | #272 |
| 1983 | 863 | 58 | 921 | #271 |
| 1982 | 959 | 79 | 1,038 | #258 |
| 1981 | 1,100 | 79 | 1,179 | #230 |
| 1980 | 1,176 | 63 | 1,239 | #218 |
| 1979 | 1,127 | 66 | 1,193 | #232 |
| 1978 | 916 | 55 | 971 | #259 |
| 1977 | 954 | 62 | 1,016 | #258 |
| 1976 | 930 | 54 | 984 | #256 |
| 1975 | 1,064 | 57 | 1,121 | #228 |
| 1974 | 1,225 | 37 | 1,262 | #206 |
| 1973 | 1,078 | 48 | 1,126 | #239 |
| 1972 | 1,210 | 60 | 1,270 | #228 |
| 1971 | 1,424 | 74 | 1,498 | #213 |
| 1970 | 1,483 | 87 | 1,570 | #213 |
| 1969 | 1,564 | 77 | 1,641 | #201 |
| 1968 | 1,425 | 82 | 1,507 | #210 |
| 1967 | 1,342 | 88 | 1,430 | #218 |
| 1966 | 972 | 71 | 1,043 | #266 |
| 1965 | 868 | 60 | 928 | #308 |
| 1964 | 1,050 | 76 | 1,126 | #280 |
| 1963 | 980 | 76 | 1,056 | #296 |
| 1962 | 891 | 77 | 968 | #314 |
| 1961 | 843 | 81 | 924 | #325 |
| 1960 | 770 | 80 | 850 | #344 |
| 1959 | 671 | 80 | 751 | #369 |
| 1958 | 622 | 89 | 711 | #366 |
| 1957 | 617 | 84 | 701 | #365 |
| 1956 | 611 | 98 | 709 | #354 |
| 1955 | 460 | 126 | 586 | #412 |
| 1954 | 319 | 98 | 417 | #497 |
| 1953 | 241 | 104 | 345 | #565 |
| 1952 | 190 | 101 | 291 | #646 |
| 1951 | 184 | 83 | 267 | #643 |
| 1950 | 166 | 80 | 246 | #663 |
| 1949 | 163 | 104 | 267 | #652 |
| 1948 | 122 | 93 | 215 | #778 |
| 1947 | 114 | 105 | 219 | #821 |
| 1946 | 124 | 85 | 209 | #727 |
| 1945 | 74 | 78 | 152 | #877 |
| 1944 | 45 | 63 | 108 | #1,178 |
| 1943 | 35 | 77 | 112 | #1,402 |
| 1942 | 51 | 69 | 120 | #1,103 |
| 1941 | 35 | 60 | 95 | #1,301 |
| 1940 | 28 | 65 | 93 | #1,449 |
| 1939 | 18 | 42 | 60 | #1,900 |
| 1938 | 22 | 54 | 76 | #1,663 |
| 1937 | 12 | 57 | 69 | #2,475 |
| 1936 | 9 | 54 | 63 | #2,906 |
| 1935 | 9 | 45 | 54 | #2,959 |
| 1934 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #2,957 |
| 1933 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #3,155 |
| 1932 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #2,859 |
| 1931 | 17 | 35 | 52 | #1,954 |
| 1930 | 13 | 35 | 48 | #2,462 |
| 1929 | 9 | 31 | 40 | #3,171 |
| 1928 | 6 | 49 | 55 | #4,250 |
| 1927 | 10 | 41 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 1926 | 13 | 36 | 49 | #2,598 |
| 1925 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #3,399 |
| 1924 | 13 | 42 | 55 | #2,690 |
| 1923 | 12 | 41 | 53 | #2,765 |
| 1922 | 9 | 29 | 38 | #3,407 |
| 1921 | 11 | 32 | 43 | #2,974 |
| 1920 | 9 | 33 | 42 | #3,371 |
| 1919 | 7 | 41 | 48 | #3,864 |
| 1918 | 7 | 31 | 38 | #3,913 |
| 1917 | 10 | 32 | 42 | #2,919 |
| 1916 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #4,462 |
| 1915 | 6 | 31 | 37 | #3,835 |
| 1914 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #3,673 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1912 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #2,016 |
| 1911 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1896 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1895 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1894 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1892 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1886 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1885 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | — |