How rare is the name Leigha?

5,640 people in the United States have the first name Leigha, about 1 in 53,552. It ranks #3,623 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LEIGHA

#3,623

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,640
About
1 in 53,552
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,640 people named Leigha, 77.9% reported their origin as White, 7.5% as Black and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leigha peaked in 2011, when 267 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
267
In 2025*
37 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,594 babies have been given the name since 1961. 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.

Leigha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,184. The largest share of babies named Leigha, 44.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#6,83191
1970s#4,177292
1980s#2,242954
1990s#2,1841,382
2000s#2,1871,822
2010s#2,4121,749
2020s#5,585304
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–806.6%
Millennials 1981–9628.7%
Generation Z 1997–1244.5%
2013 and later20%

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 Leigha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leigha has been most common in Ohio (2.2×), North Carolina (2.1×), and Tennessee (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.39×).

3,769 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.

Exactly as common as Leigha

1 other first name also has 5,640 people.

#3,623 Jonny · 5,640

Either side of Leigha

#3,622 Sharla · 5,641#3,623 Jonny · 5,640#3,625 Deonte · 5,636#3,626 Janeen · 5,629

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leigha, most common first.

#1,080 Leigh · 38,258#7,731 Leisha · 1,941

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