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How popular is “Leah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Leah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Leah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Leah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Leah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Leah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 54 0.000268011 54 100%
1881 52 0.000269866 52 100%
1882 56 0.000252784 56 100%
1883 65 0.000299614 65 100%
1884 79 0.000324487 79 100%
1885 85 0.000352911 85 100%
1886 83 0.000325087 83 100%
1887 83 0.0003355 83 100%
1888 118 0.000394024 118 100%
1889 134 0.000463754 134 100%
1890 162 0.00053749 162 100%
1891 144 0.000502314 144 100%
1892 163 0.000487478 163 100%
1893 167 0.000513494 167 100%
1894 182 0.000537365 182 100%
1895 203 0.000578315 203 100%
1896 169 0.000472748 169 100%
1897 147 0.000423684 147 100%
1898 185 0.000484985 185 100%
1899 149 0.000439225 149 100%
1900 166 0.000368678 166 100%
1901 184 0.000532081 184 100%
1902 171 0.000442166 171 100%
1903 175 0.000459077 175 100%
1904 149 0.000369283 149 100%
1905 168 0.000396299 168 100%
1906 164 0.000382774 164 100%
1907 200 0.000429747 200 100%
1908 194 0.000397013 194 100%
1909 176 0.000344272 176 100%
1910 207 0.000350425 207 100%
1911 202 0.000313529 202 100%
1912 302 0.000305649 302 100%
1913 370 0.000325386 370 100%
1914 457 0.000322662 457 100%
1915 552 0.00030124 552 100%
1916 514 0.000265713 514 100%
1917 534 0.000266102 534 100%
1918 588 0.000270829 588 100%
1919 527 0.000249734 527 100%
1920 523 0.000231146 523 100%
1921 514 0.000220175 514 100%
1922 485 0.000211868 485 100%
1923 487 0.000211511 487 100%
1924 505 0.000212041 505 100%
1925 444 0.000190288 444 100%
1926 436 0.000189903 436 100%
1927 345 0.000148748 345 100%
1928 405 0.000179129 405 100%
1929 309 0.000140957 309 100%
1930 326 0.00014663 326 100%
1931 319 0.000151588 319 100%
1932 296 0.000140199 296 100%
1933 338 0.000169047 338 100%
1934 395 0.000190195 395 100%
1935 362 0.000173214 362 100%
1936 346 0.00016654 346 100%
1937 408 0.000191489 408 100%
1938 376 0.000169938 376 100%
1939 373 0.000169281 373 100%
1940 365 0.000158511 365 100%
1941 351 0.000144064 351 100%
1942 330 0.000120799 330 100%
1943 308 0.000109121 308 100%
1944 306 0.000113751 306 100%
1945 285 0.000107429 285 100%
1946 324 0.000101399 324 100%
1947 388 0.000107708 388 100%
1948 387 0.000112092 387 100%
1949 451 0.00012942 451 100%
1950 442 0.000126165 442 100%
1951 479 0.000130031 479 100%
1952 496 0.000130595 496 100%
1953 580 0.000150507 580 100%
1954 558 0.000140176 558 100%
1955 592 0.000147444 592 100%
1956 668 0.000162016 668 100%
1957 740 0.000176101 740 100%
1958 667 0.000161349 667 100%
1959 738 0.00017749 738 100%
1960 772 0.000185853 772 100%
1961 806 0.000194578 806 100%
1962 983 0.000243596 976 7 99%
1963 1304 0.000329443 1299 5 99%
1964 1422 0.000365778 1422 100%
1965 1385 0.000382022 1385 100%
1966 1378 0.000396472 1378 100%
1967 1607 0.000473358 1598 9 99%
1968 1621 0.000479811 1616 5 99%
1969 1496 0.000430464 1490 6 99%
1970 1681 0.000466101 1672 9 99%
1971 1699 0.000494995 1690 9 99%
1972 1601 0.000509387 1594 7 99%
1973 1587 0.000526039 1587 100%
1974 1850 0.000608553 1844 6 99%
1975 2127 0.000704446 2118 9 99%
1976 2278 0.00075075 2270 8 99%
1977 2596 0.000817253 2586 10 99%
1978 2718 0.000856368 2710 8 99%
1979 3085 0.000927262 3075 10 99%
1980 3658 0.001061981 3642 16 99%
1981 3819 0.001103957 3808 11 99%
1982 3782 0.001078119 3762 20 99%
1983 3502 0.001011163 3484 18 99%
1984 3545 0.001016122 3536 9 99%
1985 3590 0.001005853 3572 18 99%
1986 3471 0.000975801 3457 14 99%
1987 3466 0.000961279 3454 12 99%
1988 3571 0.00096643 3558 13 99%
1989 3808 0.00099052 3784 24 99%
1990 3933 0.000995072 3924 9 100%
1991 3824 0.000981705 3816 8 100%
1992 3438 0.000895016 3431 7 100%
1993 3419 0.000906829 3414 5 100%
1994 3205 0.000862103 3205 100%
1995 3279 0.000895374 3274 5 100%
1996 3327 0.000912208 3327 100%
1997 3203 0.000883404 3203 100%
1998 3223 0.000876242 3218 5 100%
1999 3288 0.000890124 3288 100%
2000 3405 0.000900817 3399 6 100%
2001 3528 0.000942461 3521 7 100%
2002 3609 0.000965414 3604 5 100%
2003 3930 0.00103358 3925 5 100%
2004 4759 0.001245511 4744 15 99%
2005 4614 0.001200048 4600 14 99%
2006 4665 0.001179165 4657 8 100%
2007 4555 0.00113941 4555 100%
2008 5645 0.001436144 5634 11 100%
2009 6799 0.001779761 6790 9 100%
2010 6551 0.001772582 6543 8 100%
2011 6410 0.001752423 6400 10 100%
2012 5784 0.001581466 5779 5 100%
2013 5622 0.001542105 5617 5 100%
2014 5617 0.001515497 5609 8 100%
2015 5633 0.001522057 5633 100%
2016 5439 0.001482542 5433 6 100%
2017 5209 0.001456576 5200 9 100%
2018 5045 0.001434911 5036 9 100%
2019 4789 0.001379744 4780 9 100%
2020 4537 0.001358149 4527 10 100%
2021 4474 0.001320563 4474 100%
2022 4199 0.001241156 4193 6 100%
2023 3973 0.001199869 3973 100%
2024 3969 0.001192429 3969 100%

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