first name
LEIGH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 38,258 people named Leigh, 90.9% reported their origin as White, 2.7% as two or more races and 2.6% as Black. 90.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leigh peaked in 1969, when 1,641 babies got the name.
At least 45,349 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Leigh by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #418. The largest share of babies named Leigh, 43.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Leigh is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leigh has been most common in Alabama (2.6×), Tennessee (2.1×), and Mississippi (1.9×), and least common in Utah (0.21×).
38,345 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leigh, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Leigh ranks #3,468 of 156,621, with 10,042 people. See Leigh as a last name
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