How Many People Are Named Leaha?
An estimated 528 people in the United States have the first name Leaha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Leaha peaked in popularity in 1990 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Leaha as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Leaha paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
528
About 1 in 649,156 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1990
26 births
Total Registered
559
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Leaha
Leaha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 559 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Leaha as a female name
Ranked #10,679 in 2013
10 female births in 2013
Peak: 1990 (26 births)
Leaha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Leaha span from the 1940s to the 2010s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 139 babies were registered. Leaha has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Leaha by Decade
How has Leaha tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Leaha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Leaha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Leaha
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Leaha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Leaha?
We estimate approximately 528 people named Leaha are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 649,156 Americans share this first name.
Is Leaha a common name?
Leaha is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 559 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Leaha most popular?
Leaha reached peak popularity in 1990, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Leaha is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Leaha a female name?
Leaha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Leaha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Leaha Smith, Leaha Johnson, Leaha Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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