Leyah Girl
How popular is Leyah?
#4,757 girl name in 2025
28 baby girls were named Leyah in the US in 2025, making it the 4757th most popular girl name.
Leyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,757 for girls (▼ 935 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 28 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,846 in 2015, #3,399 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (83 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,258 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| 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 |
Leyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leia family of names ranked #280 for girls in 2025 (#268 the year before), with 1,180 babies in all.
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 Leyah is most popular
Babies named Leyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Leyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Leyah
Questions
- Is Leyah a boy or girl name?
- Leyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Leyah?
- 28 baby girls were named Leyah in the US in 2025, making it the 4757th most popular girl name.
- When was Leyah most popular?
- Leyah peaked in 2011, when 83 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,258 in 2011.
- How many people are named Leyah?
- 1,261 babies have been named Leyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,252 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Leyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leyah was most common in California, at 0.0 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.