# Leigha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leigha/  
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 | 6,594 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,594 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 619, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 267 | 959 |
| 2012 | 231 | 1,077 |
| 2013 | 183 | 1,287 |
| 2014 | 184 | 1,298 |
| 2015 | 162 | 1,431 |
| 2016 | 136 | 1,619 |
| 2017 | 138 | 1,587 |
| 2018 | 107 | 1,883 |
| 2019 | 107 | 1,884 |
| 2020 | 84 | 2,164 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3,023 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2,980 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,879 |
| 2024 | 33 | 4,340 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,951 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 36 | 899 |
| 2009 | 35 | 932 |
| 2010 | 35 | 965 |
| 2011 | 21 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## 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.