Leisha Girl
How popular is Leisha?
#6,545 girl name in 2025
17 baby girls were named Leisha in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
Leisha popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,545 for girls (▼ 2159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+113% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #11,830 in 2015, #13,448 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (144 girls) |
| Highest rank | #870 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leisha counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leisha family of names ranked #3,635 for girls in 2025 (#2,387 the year before), with 23 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leisha | 17 | 74% |
| Leysha | 6 | 26% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Leisha is most popular
Babies named Leisha per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Leisha by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 74 | #1,536 |
| 1960s | 816 | #870 |
| 1970s | 383 | #1,966 |
| 1980s | 323 | #2,305 |
| 1990s | 214 | #2,518 |
| 2000s | 113 | #5,817 |
| 2010s | 73 | #9,731 |
| 2020s | 112 | #4,386 |
Girl names about as popular as Leisha
Questions
- Is Leisha a boy or girl name?
- Leisha is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leisha were girls.
- How popular is the name Leisha?
- 17 baby girls were named Leisha in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
- When was Leisha most popular?
- Leisha peaked in 1961, when 144 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #870 in 1960.
- How many people are named Leisha?
- 2,108 babies have been named Leisha in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,973 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Leisha most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leisha was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.