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How popular is the name Leah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Leahs are alive today.
Leah (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 183rd in 2025 with 273 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 2,160 babies were given the name, the 24th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 13% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 41,000 babies have been named Leah in England and Wales since 1984. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Leah is one spelling of a name also recorded as Lia and Liya; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Leah you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Leahs born in England and Wales are between 17 and 30, and there are at least 47,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 14% chance that at least one of them will be called Leah.
How many babies are named Leah each year?
Includes all spellings: Leah, Lia, Liya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Leah spelling rank?
Where does the Lia spelling rank?
Where does the Liya spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Leah most popular?
Leah peaked in 2004, when 2,304 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Leah?
At least 47,000 people named Leah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leah?
Most living Leahs are between 17 and 30; the most common age is about 23.
Is Leah becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak.