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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#98 · 1 in 430
- Mississippi#108 · 1 in 460
- Kentucky#124 · 1 in 571
- North Carolina#127 · 1 in 571
- Georgia#140 · 1 in 643
Best ever in a state: #69 in Alabama, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #98 | 50 | 1 in 430 |
| Mississippi | #108 | 33 | 1 in 460 |
| Kentucky | #124 | 41 | 1 in 571 |
| North Carolina | #127 | 56 | 1 in 571 |
| Georgia | #140 | 48 | 1 in 643 |
| Tennessee | #140 | 39 | 1 in 671 |
| South Carolina | #142 | 29 | 1 in 583 |
| Arkansas | #151 | 17 | 1 in 729 |
| West Virginia | #152 | 17 | 1 in 681 |
| Virginia | #155 | 35 | 1 in 768 |
| Louisiana | #176 | 32 | 1 in 813 |
| Iowa | #184 | 17 | 1 in 1,033 |
| New Jersey | #194 | 33 | 1 in 1,067 |
| District of Columbia | #203 | 7 | 1 in 831 |
| Texas | #216 | 91 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Connecticut | #223 | 11 | 1 in 1,246 |
| Massachusetts | #227 | 21 | 1 in 1,361 |
| Hawaii | #236 | 6 | 1 in 772 |
| Missouri | #250 | 20 | 1 in 1,475 |
| Pennsylvania | #258 | 41 | 1 in 1,571 |
| Kansas | #277 | 8 | 1 in 1,627 |
| Ohio | #283 | 36 | 1 in 1,871 |
| Nebraska | #285 | 5 | 1 in 1,890 |
| Wisconsin | #293 | 12 | 1 in 2,286 |
| Florida | #294 | 25 | 1 in 1,639 |
| Oklahoma | #311 | 9 | 1 in 1,782 |
| Michigan | #315 | 25 | 1 in 2,176 |
| Indiana | #319 | 15 | 1 in 2,252 |
| Utah | #360 | 6 | 1 in 2,304 |
| Maryland | #371 | 7 | 1 in 2,493 |
| Illinois | #404 | 27 | 1 in 2,590 |
| New York | #411 | 38 | 1 in 2,640 |
| Arizona | #431 | 6 | 1 in 2,542 |
| California | #591 | 34 | 1 in 4,231 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| 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.
See more about Leigh
- 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)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1969 at #201 (1,564 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1945–1996
- 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%)
- 28.4% of all girls named Leigh (11,411) were born in this decade
- 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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 1,575 of them was named Leigh, which outranked 97.7% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 29,056 of them was named Leigh, which outranked 82.1% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,154Rondell55
- #1,154Rosario55
- #1,154Yusef55
- #1,163Leigh54
- #1,163Augustus54
- #1,163Brandan54
- #1,163Britton54
- #1,179Bernie53
- #1,179Christina53
- #1,179Demario53
Tied with 15 names at #1,163; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.