NameTides

Leah

Leah was the #58 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,880 babies), and #183 in England & Wales and #74 in Canada.

Leah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Leah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Leah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#58 (3,880)#183 (273)#135 (33)#140 (14)#55 (88)#74 (317)#89 (79)—
2024#53 (3,988)#184 (265)#145 (31)#119 (17)#53 (102)#78 (299)#95 (74)—
2023#53 (3,976)#169 (305)#144 (30)#70 (29)#43 (119)#73 (323)——
2022#52 (4,196)#156 (315)#108 (40)#69 (31)#50 (109)#73 (338)#96 (73)—
2021#46 (4,474)#150 (346)#131 (34)#86 (26)#37 (148)#69 (385)#82 (87)—
2020#45 (4,530)#143 (353)#105 (41)#60 (34)#46 (117)#60 (421)—#93 (64)
2019#43 (4,780)#123 (414)#72 (63)#52 (43)#36 (150)#64 (401)#83 (86)—
2018#41 (5,038)#136 (389)#58 (78)#54 (43)#36 (158)#59 (430)——
2017#40 (5,202)#99 (546)#58 (82)#47 (46)#29 (192)#51 (484)——
2016#37 (5,434)#99 (564)#48 (98)#36 (61)#30 (191)#48 (511)—#100 (55)
2015#36 (5,636)#98 (575)#38 (124)#36 (71)#34 (187)#41 (575)#85 (86)—
2014#35 (5,610)#78 (683)#32 (144)#27 (92)#27 (207)#40 (570)——
2013#32 (5,618)#71 (775)#37 (134)#22 (99)#25 (232)#32 (611)#97 (70)#96 (54)
2012#33 (5,781)#64 (944)#25 (190)#24 (100)#24 (287)#31 (636)#78 (92)#95 (53)
2011#29 (6,400)#56 (1,120)#22 (224)#23 (115)#15 (350)#25 (696)#82 (86)#86 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #29.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 410 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 410common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 930common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 540common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 520common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 240common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 470common

Next year

On its recent trend, Leah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 430 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 410 to 1 in 450.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #100WIVermont: #65VTNew Hampshire: #139NHWashington: #99WAIdaho: #160IDMontana: #105MTNorth Dakota: #141NDMinnesota: #119MNIllinois: #73ILMichigan: #90MINew York: #8NYMassachusetts: #84MAOregon: #65ORNevada: #51NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #117SDIowa: #111IAIndiana: #117INOhio: #91OHPennsylvania: #78PANew Jersey: #13NJConnecticut: #68CTRhode Island: #56RICalifornia: #52CAUtah: #107UTColorado: #107CONebraska: #138NEMissouri: #104MOKentucky: #129KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #66VAMaryland: #57MDDelaware: #23DEArizona: #89AZNew Mexico: #82NMKansas: #80KSArkansas: #101ARTennessee: #104TNNorth Carolina: #83NCSouth Carolina: #120SCDistrict of Columbia: #109DCOklahoma: #206OKLouisiana: #91LAMississippi: #163MSAlabama: #125ALGeorgia: #91GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #45TXFlorida: #42FL
Leah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#62144
Quebec2025#15336

Leah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeahCanadaGirls#74317
LeahEngland & WalesGirls#183273
LeahIrelandGirls#5588
LeahNorthern IrelandGirls#14014
LeahNSWGirls#8979
LeahScotlandGirls#13533
LeahUSGirls#583,880
LeahUSBoys—too few
LeahVICGirls—too few