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How popular is “Leigha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leigha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Leigha” 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 “Leigha” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Leigha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leigha” 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
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1966 15 0.000004316 15 100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 100%
1969 29 0.000008345 29 100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 100%
1976 27 0.000008898 27 100%
1977 37 0.000011648 37 100%
1978 44 0.000013863 44 100%
1979 59 0.000017734 59 100%
1980 64 0.00001858 64 100%
1981 65 0.00001879 65 100%
1982 88 0.000025086 88 100%
1983 73 0.000021078 73 100%
1984 84 0.000024077 84 100%
1985 83 0.000023255 83 100%
1986 97 0.00002727 97 100%
1987 140 0.000038828 140 100%
1988 115 0.000031123 115 100%
1989 145 0.000037717 145 100%
1990 165 0.000041746 165 100%
1991 178 0.000045697 178 100%
1992 133 0.000034624 133 100%
1993 142 0.000037663 142 100%
1994 130 0.000034968 130 100%
1995 142 0.000038775 142 100%
1996 113 0.000030983 113 100%
1997 125 0.000034476 125 100%
1998 109 0.000029634 109 100%
1999 145 0.000039254 145 100%
2000 157 0.000041535 157 100%
2001 154 0.000041139 154 100%
2002 154 0.000041195 154 100%
2003 148 0.000038924 148 100%
2004 182 0.000047632 182 100%
2005 175 0.000045515 175 100%
2006 188 0.00004752 188 100%
2007 186 0.000046527 186 100%
2008 227 0.000057751 227 100%
2009 251 0.000065704 251 100%
2010 234 0.000063316 234 100%
2011 267 0.000072995 267 100%
2012 231 0.00006316 231 100%
2013 183 0.000050197 183 100%
2014 184 0.000049644 184 100%
2015 162 0.000043773 162 100%
2016 136 0.00003707 136 100%
2017 138 0.000038588 138 100%
2018 107 0.000030433 107 100%
2019 107 0.000030827 107 100%
2020 84 0.000025145 84 100%
2021 55 0.000016234 55 100%
2022 56 0.000016553 56 100%
2023 39 0.000011778 39 100%
2024 32 0.000009614 32 100%

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