Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Leah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Leah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

6,790

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

41.5%

2024

3,969

All-time

252,567

Leah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2009, when 6,790 girls were named Leah.

In 2024, only 3,969 girls were given the name.

Down 41.5% from its peak.

All told, about 252,567 Americans have been named Leah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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