Leith*
#5,616 most common boys' name of all time · #13,994 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1916–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#5,616
Rank overall
#13,994 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
769
Since 2016
139
Peak year
2018 #4,377
Best rank
#2,616 1971
Girls
Boys
peak 23/yr
Leith first appears in 1916. 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 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,742 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,090 |
| 2023 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,261 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,916 |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,601 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,679 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2018 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,377 |
| 2017 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,334 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,777 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,569 |
| 2013 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,659 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,918 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,727 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,807 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,079 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,181 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,551 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,144 |
| 2005 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,860 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,251 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,935 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,852 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,384 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,715 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,612 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,354 |
| 1996 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,077 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,046 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,921 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,854 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,948 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,044 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,331 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,335 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,268 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,953 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,299 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,304 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,706 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,797 |
| 1981 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1980 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,314 |
| 1979 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,247 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,277 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,475 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,807 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,455 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,414 |
| 1973 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #5,328 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,120 |
| 1971 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #2,616 |
| 1970 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #3,168 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,628 |
| 1967 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #3,388 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,119 |
| 1965 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,141 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,972 |
| 1962 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,781 |
| 1961 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #4,338 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,945 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,434 |
| 1956 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,740 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,118 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1941 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,800 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,542 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,536 |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,002 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,789 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,355 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,492 |