Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: DutchLeah is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. Its meaning is often deciphered as "delicate" or "weary". The name can be traced back to the Biblical matriarch Leah, one of the two wives of Jacob.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Leah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
6,790 births in 2009 was Leah's count peak; #24, the rank's own best, followed a year later. It's fallen 29% over the past decade since, to 3,969 births and #53 in 2024.
1730 BC is the oldest date in Leah's enrichment data, the biblical Leah — older than Hannah's and Delilah's references elsewhere in this batch, and behind only Jacob's 1790 BC from the third batch as the most ancient figure attached to any name across every batch so far.
Rashida Jones and Leah Remini keep the name current in film and TV; footballer Leah Williamson extends it into sport.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 54 | #210 |
| 1881 | 52 | #210 |
| 1882 | 56 | #230 |
| 1883 | 65 | #223 |
| 1884 | 79 | #212 |
| 1885 | 85 | #214 |
| 1886 | 83 | #220 |
| 1887 | 83 | #231 |
| 1888 | 118 | #210 |
| 1889 | 134 | #198 |
| 1890 | 162 | #184 |
| 1891 | 144 | #190 |
| 1892 | 163 | #196 |
| 1893 | 167 | #199 |
| 1894 | 182 | #194 |
| 1895 | 203 | #192 |
| 1896 | 169 | #211 |
| 1897 | 147 | #226 |
| 1898 | 185 | #211 |
| 1899 | 149 | #223 |
| 1900 | 166 | #252 |
| 1901 | 184 | #211 |
| 1902 | 171 | #231 |
| 1903 | 175 | #226 |
| 1904 | 149 | #259 |
| 1905 | 168 | #248 |
| 1906 | 164 | #255 |
| 1907 | 200 | #234 |
| 1908 | 194 | #249 |
| 1909 | 176 | #273 |
| 1910 | 207 | #269 |
| 1911 | 202 | #271 |
| 1912 | 302 | #257 |
| 1913 | 370 | #248 |
| 1914 | 457 | #246 |
| 1915 | 552 | #252 |
| 1916 | 514 | #266 |
| 1917 | 534 | #269 |
| 1918 | 588 | #259 |
| 1919 | 527 | #278 |
| 1920 | 523 | #286 |
| 1921 | 514 | #292 |
| 1922 | 485 | #293 |
| 1923 | 487 | #294 |
| 1924 | 505 | #296 |
| 1925 | 444 | #316 |
| 1926 | 436 | #319 |
| 1927 | 345 | #370 |
| 1928 | 405 | #332 |
| 1929 | 309 | #381 |
| 1930 | 326 | #376 |
| 1931 | 319 | #360 |
| 1932 | 296 | #377 |
| 1933 | 338 | #337 |
| 1934 | 395 | #315 |
| 1935 | 362 | #334 |
| 1936 | 346 | #335 |
| 1937 | 408 | #307 |
| 1938 | 376 | #324 |
| 1939 | 373 | #323 |
| 1940 | 365 | #334 |
| 1941 | 351 | #352 |
| 1942 | 330 | #393 |
| 1943 | 308 | #419 |
| 1944 | 306 | #414 |
| 1945 | 285 | #421 |
| 1946 | 324 | #431 |
| 1947 | 388 | #410 |
| 1948 | 387 | #403 |
| 1949 | 451 | #369 |
| 1950 | 442 | #385 |
| 1951 | 479 | #370 |
| 1952 | 496 | #374 |
| 1953 | 580 | #347 |
| 1954 | 558 | #368 |
| 1955 | 592 | #356 |
| 1956 | 668 | #339 |
| 1957 | 740 | #335 |
| 1958 | 667 | #357 |
| 1959 | 738 | #352 |
| 1960 | 772 | #342 |
| 1961 | 806 | #332 |
| 1962 | 976 | #295 |
| 1963 | 1,299 | #244 |
| 1964 | 1,422 | #230 |
| 1965 | 1,385 | #228 |
| 1966 | 1,378 | #220 |
| 1967 | 1,598 | #199 |
| 1968 | 1,616 | #195 |
| 1969 | 1,490 | #210 |
| 1970 | 1,672 | #192 |
| 1971 | 1,690 | #184 |
| 1972 | 1,594 | #179 |
| 1973 | 1,587 | #175 |
| 1974 | 1,844 | #149 |
| 1975 | 2,118 | #132 |
| 1976 | 2,270 | #119 |
| 1977 | 2,586 | #112 |
| 1978 | 2,710 | #108 |
| 1979 | 3,075 | #98 |
| 1980 | 3,642 | #84 |
| 1981 | 3,808 | #81 |
| 1982 | 3,762 | #79 |
| 1983 | 3,484 | #82 |
| 1984 | 3,536 | #83 |
| 1985 | 3,572 | #78 |
| 1986 | 3,457 | #78 |
| 1987 | 3,454 | #82 |
| 1988 | 3,558 | #82 |
| 1989 | 3,784 | #83 |
| 1990 | 3,924 | #82 |
| 1991 | 3,816 | #91 |
| 1992 | 3,431 | #96 |
| 1993 | 3,414 | #92 |
| 1994 | 3,205 | #101 |
| 1995 | 3,274 | #103 |
| 1996 | 3,327 | #98 |
| 1997 | 3,203 | #104 |
| 1998 | 3,218 | #106 |
| 1999 | 3,288 | #103 |
| 2000 | 3,399 | #97 |
| 2001 | 3,521 | #87 |
| 2002 | 3,604 | #87 |
| 2003 | 3,925 | #81 |
| 2004 | 4,744 | #64 |
| 2005 | 4,600 | #68 |
| 2006 | 4,657 | #68 |
| 2007 | 4,555 | #67 |
| 2008 | 5,634 | #40 |
| 2009 | 6,790 | #29 |
| 2010 | 6,543 | #24 |
| 2011 | 6,400 | #29 |
| 2012 | 5,779 | #33 |
| 2013 | 5,617 | #32 |
| 2014 | 5,609 | #35 |
| 2015 | 5,633 | #36 |
| 2016 | 5,433 | #37 |
| 2017 | 5,200 | #40 |
| 2018 | 5,036 | #41 |
| 2019 | 4,780 | #43 |
| 2020 | 4,527 | #45 |
| 2021 | 4,474 | #46 |
| 2022 | 4,193 | #52 |
| 2023 | 3,973 | #53 |
| 2024 | 3,969 | #53 |
