Leigh
#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 88.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 1,564 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 40,242since 1912
Leigh over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,460 | 31 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,395 | 46 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #3,491 | 44 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,778 | 38 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,396 | 46 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #2,835 | 59 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #3,389 | 47 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #3,005 | 56 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #3,267 | 49 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,256 | 50 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #3,017 | 57 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #2,778 | 63 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,670 | 63 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #2,326 | 74 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #2,106 | 83 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #2,064 | 83 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #1,595 | 116 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #1,491 | 123 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #1,252 | 149 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #1,236 | 147 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #1,008 | 191 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #899 | 219 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #851 | 230 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #724 | 287 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #615 | 372 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #557 | 423 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #526 | 445 | #2,190 | 33 |
| 1990 | #468 | 523 | #2,432 | 28 |
| 1989 | #409 | 603 | #1,858 | 40 |
| 1988 | #346 | 714 | #1,645 | 43 |
| 1987 | #357 | 668 | #1,316 | 56 |
| 1986 | #337 | 718 | #1,385 | 51 |
| 1985 | #312 | 773 | #1,258 | 58 |
| 1984 | #272 | 883 | #1,134 | 64 |
| 1983 | #271 | 863 | #1,190 | 58 |
| 1982 | #258 | 959 | #1,019 | 79 |
| 1981 | #230 | 1,100 | #1,024 | 79 |
| 1980 | #218 | 1,176 | #1,145 | 63 |
| 1979 | #232 | 1,127 | #1,100 | 66 |
| 1978 | #258 | 916 | #1,203 | 55 |
| 1977 | #258 | 954 | #1,099 | 62 |
| 1976 | #256 | 930 | #1,163 | 54 |
| 1975 | #228 | 1,064 | #1,114 | 57 |
| 1974 | #206 | 1,225 | #1,409 | 37 |
| 1973 | #239 | 1,078 | #1,186 | 48 |
| 1972 | #228 | 1,210 | #1,040 | 60 |
| 1971 | #213 | 1,424 | #947 | 74 |
| 1970 | #213 | 1,483 | #861 | 87 |
| 1969 | #201 | 1,564 | #873 | 77 |
| 1968 | #210 | 1,425 | #818 | 82 |
| 1967 | #218 | 1,342 | #778 | 88 |
| 1966 | #266 | 972 | #860 | 71 |
| 1965 | #308 | 868 | #948 | 60 |
| 1964 | #279 | 1,050 | #875 | 76 |
| 1963 | #296 | 980 | #863 | 76 |
| 1962 | #314 | 891 | #862 | 77 |
| 1961 | #325 | 843 | #852 | 81 |
| 1960 | #344 | 770 | #842 | 80 |
| 1959 | #369 | 671 | #843 | 80 |
| 1958 | #366 | 622 | #790 | 89 |
| 1957 | #365 | 617 | #823 | 84 |
| 1956 | #354 | 611 | #741 | 98 |
| 1955 | #412 | 460 | #654 | 126 |
| 1954 | #497 | 319 | #727 | 98 |
| 1953 | #565 | 241 | #699 | 104 |
| 1952 | #644 | 190 | #695 | 101 |
| 1951 | #639 | 184 | #766 | 83 |
| 1950 | #662 | 166 | #767 | 80 |
| 1949 | #650 | 163 | #671 | 104 |
| 1948 | #777 | 122 | #691 | 93 |
| 1947 | #820 | 114 | #671 | 105 |
| 1946 | #726 | 124 | #704 | 85 |
| 1945 | #873 | 74 | #684 | 78 |
| 1944 | #1,175 | 45 | #790 | 63 |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 | #736 | 77 |
| 1942 | #1,101 | 51 | #777 | 69 |
| 1941 | #1,294 | 35 | #817 | 60 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | #768 | 65 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | #976 | 42 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 | #846 | 54 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #813 | 57 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #827 | 54 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #940 | 45 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #1,077 | 37 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | #1,145 | 35 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #1,190 | 35 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #980 | 49 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #1,112 | 41 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #1,164 | 37 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #1,107 | 42 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #1,114 | 41 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #1,063 | 41 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #1,159 | 31 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Leigh! It came in at #1,981, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Leigh is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Tennessee#136 · 1 in 717
- Alabama#193 · 1 in 1,011
- North Carolina#225 · 1 in 1,326
- West Virginia#239 · 1 in 1,527
- Georgia#243 · 1 in 1,492
Best ever in a state: #69 in Alabama, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #136 | 51 | 1 in 717 |
| Alabama | #193 | 35 | 1 in 1,011 |
| North Carolina | #225 | 37 | 1 in 1,326 |
| West Virginia | #239 | 12 | 1 in 1,527 |
| Georgia | #243 | 30 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Kansas | #243 | 14 | 1 in 1,554 |
| Kentucky | #272 | 16 | 1 in 2,062 |
| Virginia | #277 | 21 | 1 in 1,933 |
| Hawaii | #292 | 5 | 1 in 1,213 |
| Connecticut | #297 | 9 | 1 in 2,715 |
| Florida | #308 | 23 | 1 in 2,122 |
| Indiana | #310 | 19 | 1 in 2,635 |
| Nebraska | #315 | 6 | 1 in 2,445 |
| Missouri | #321 | 17 | 1 in 2,646 |
| New Jersey | #324 | 19 | 1 in 3,010 |
| Texas | #326 | 54 | 1 in 2,107 |
| Arkansas | #342 | 7 | 1 in 2,543 |
| District of Columbia | #352 | 5 | 1 in 2,631 |
| Iowa | #352 | 9 | 1 in 3,181 |
| Ohio | #360 | 31 | 1 in 3,416 |
| Michigan | #369 | 27 | 1 in 3,338 |
| Minnesota | #380 | 9 | 1 in 4,409 |
| Pennsylvania | #397 | 27 | 1 in 4,236 |
| Illinois | #399 | 29 | 1 in 3,737 |
| Massachusetts | #401 | 9 | 1 in 5,939 |
| Colorado | #413 | 6 | 1 in 3,151 |
| Oklahoma | #417 | 6 | 1 in 3,555 |
| Mississippi | #446 | 7 | 1 in 3,709 |
| California | #453 | 43 | 1 in 3,869 |
| Washington | #461 | 7 | 1 in 4,076 |
| South Carolina | #468 | 6 | 1 in 4,433 |
| New York | #470 | 36 | 1 in 4,677 |
| Maryland | #506 | 5 | 1 in 6,099 |
| Louisiana | #576 | 7 | 1 in 5,663 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,065 spots since 2024 (#3,395 → #4,460)
- 682 spots since 2020 (#3,778 → #4,460)
- 1,071 spots since 2015 (#3,389 → #4,460)
- Biggest jump: 302 spots in 1945 (#1,175 → #873)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 1995 (#724 → #851)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1969 at #201 (1,564 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1945–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,079
- Highest: 1 in 1,079 girls born in 1969 were named Leigh (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,847 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 28.4% of all girls named Leigh (11,411) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1946
- Mostly boys until 1945, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 49 | #1,981 (1912) | #3,482 |
| 1920s | 101 | #2,569 (1926) | #3,137 |
| 1930s | 127 | #1,650 (1938) | #2,499 |
| 1940s | 791 | #650 (1949) | #1,025 |
| 1950s | 4,081 | #354 (1956) | #487 |
| 1960s | 10,705 | #201 (1969) | #276 |
| 1970s | 11,411 | #206 (1974) | #233 |
| 1980s | 8,457 | #218 (1980) | #301 |
| 1990s | 2,986 | #468 (1990) | #814 |
| 2000s | 768 | #1,491 (2000) | #2,450 |
| 2010s | 513 | #2,697 (2016) | #3,212 |
| 2020s | 253 | #2,956 (2022) | #3,665 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Leigh in 1959
girls
#369
671 births · 1 in 3,016 girls
boys
#843
80 births · 1 in 26,681 boys
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 3,016 of them was named Leigh, which outranked 94.9% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Leigh
Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 26,681 of them was named Leigh, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).