# Leatha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leatha/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,023 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,023 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 12 | 5,716 |
| 1985 | 20 | 4,070 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,947 |
| 1987 | 16 | 4,981 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,844 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,579 |
| 1990 | 10 | 8,241 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,949 |
| 1992 | 9 | 9,172 |
| 1993 | 9 | 9,181 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11,211 |
| 1996 | 11 | 7,891 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,523 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,856 |
| 2000 | 6 | 14,199 |

## 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.