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.
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 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 15,523 of them was named Leigh, which outranked 91.1% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,585Kimberlee117
- #1,585Saira117
- #1,585Vicky117
- #1,595Leigh116
- #1,595Clarice116
- #1,595Jesenia116
- #1,595Karolina116
- #1,600Arleth115
- #1,600Eleni115
- #1,600Emelia115
Tied with 4 names at #1,595; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 176,626 of them was named Leigh, which outranked 51.1% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,667Zuhair12
- #5,667Zuhayr12
- #5,667Zyshonne12
- #6,013Leigh11
- #6,013Abdifatah11
- #6,013Able11
- #6,013Abubakr11
- #6,445Aarin10
- #6,445Abad10
- #6,445Abdi10
Tied with 431 names at #6,013; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.