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How popular is the name Leigha?
Births per year, rank history and how many Leighas are alive today.
Leigha (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Leah in England and Wales, ranked 5892nd in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2005, when 46 babies were given the name, the 668th most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2024 figure is roughly 7% of its peak.
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 29, 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 Leigha each year?
Includes all spellings: Leigha, Leah, Lia, Liya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Leigha spelling rank?
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 Leigha most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Leah, peaked in 2004, when 2,334 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Leigha spelling itself peaked in 2005, with 46 babies.
How many people are called Leigha?
At least 47,000 people named Leigha in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leigha?
Most living Leighas are between 17 and 29; the most common age is about 23.
Is Leigha becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak.