# Leah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈliːə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lea |
| US babies named this | 256,954 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 466 / 256,488 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33,458, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6,400 | 29 |
| 2012 | 5,781 | 33 |
| 2013 | 5,618 | 32 |
| 2014 | 5,610 | 35 |
| 2015 | 5,636 | 36 |
| 2016 | 5,434 | 37 |
| 2017 | 5,202 | 40 |
| 2018 | 5,038 | 41 |
| 2019 | 4,780 | 43 |
| 2020 | 4,530 | 45 |
| 2021 | 4,474 | 46 |
| 2022 | 4,196 | 52 |
| 2023 | 3,976 | 53 |
| 2024 | 3,988 | 53 |
| 2025 | 3,880 | 58 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 14 | 5,761 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,236 |
| 2008 | 11 | 7,510 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,725 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,328 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,850 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,410 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,268 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,279 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,583 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,550 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,557 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,606 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,851 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,715 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,120 | 56 |
| 2012 | 944 | 64 |
| 2013 | 775 | 71 |
| 2014 | 683 | 78 |
| 2015 | 575 | 98 |
| 2016 | 564 | 99 |
| 2017 | 546 | 99 |
| 2018 | 389 | 136 |
| 2019 | 414 | 123 |
| 2020 | 353 | 143 |
| 2021 | 346 | 150 |
| 2022 | 315 | 156 |
| 2023 | 305 | 169 |
| 2024 | 265 | 184 |
| 2025 | 273 | 183 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 利婭 /利娅
- French: Léa
- Hebrew: לֵאָה
- Hindi: लिया
- Lithuanian: Lėja
- Slovak: Lea
- Spanish: Lía, Lea

## People named Leah

- Leah Williamson, English footballer (born 1997)
- Leah Remini, American actress (born 1970)
- Leah Pipes, American actress (born 1988)
- Leah Lewis, American actress (born 1996)
- Leah Dizon, American singer and model
- Leah Smith, American swimmer
- Leah Kirchmann, Canadian cyclist
- Leah Neale, Australian swimmer
- Leah Cairns, Canadian actress
- Leah Jeffries, American actress and model
- Leah Baird, American actress and screenwriter (1883-1971)
- Leah LaBelle, American singer (1986–2018)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.