Feminine dossier · first seen 1912

Leigh

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

Endangered Down 97.1% from peak

Peak era

1969

Peak rank proxy

1,563

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1912Peak 19692024

Peak year

1969

Decline from peak

97.1%

2024

All-time

40,212

Leigh once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1969, when 1,563 girls were named Leigh.

In 2024, only 46 girls were given the name.

Down 97.1% from its peak.

All told, about 40,212 Americans have been named Leigh and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.1% from peak

19691,563 girls named Leigh

202446 girls named Leigh

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