Leigh Name Popularity

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How popular is Leigh?

Ranking 3,406th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Leigh is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Leigh has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #201 in 1969 with 1,563 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Leigh was less than 5, most recently in 1913.

Leigh, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1936-1949, 1950-1956, 1957-1969, and 2011-2014, whereas 1993-2007 were years of successive downward movement.

Leigh became more popular as a girls name in 1946.

Leigh's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Leigh be?

Leigh's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. however, the number of children named Leigh lately has remained about the same.

The name Leigh is very unique and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Leigh has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Leigh (Girl)		Leigh (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		46	3,406	8	9,266
2017		59	2,854	< 5	--
2016		64	2,713	5	13,377
2015		47	3,410	7	10,178
2014		56	3,028	8	9,268
2013		49	3,292	< 5	--
2012		38	4,024	6	11,654
2011		44	3,581	< 5	--
2010		50	3,285	8	9,317
2009		60	2,912	5	13,661
2008		57	3,040	5	13,754
2007		45	3,630	7	10,436
2006		63	2,795	< 5	--
2005		63	2,694	6	10,926
2004		74	2,332	7	9,534
2003		83	2,114	6	10,338
2002		83	2,071	8	8,137
2001		116	1,599	11	6,269
2000		123	1,498	14	5,207
1999		150	1,250	11	5,890
1998		146	1,247	9	6,621
1997		191	1,010	14	4,592
1996		219	898	11	5,392
1995		230	852	16	3,982
1994		287	726	14	4,436
1993		371	615	12	4,890
1992		423	557	23	2,961
1991		445	526	33	2,212
1990		522	468	28	2,467
1989		602	410	40	1,883
1988		714	347	43	1,660
1987		668	358	56	1,333
1986		718	337	51	1,393
1985		773	312	58	1,265
1984		883	272	64	1,140
1983		863	271	59	1,187
1982		959	258	79	1,022
1981		1,100	230	79	1,029
1980		1,178	218	63	1,151
1979		1,126	232	66	1,104
1978		916	258	55	1,211
1977		954	258	62	1,110
1976		930	257	54	1,172
1975		1,065	228	57	1,123
1974		1,224	206	37	1,432
1973		1,078	239	48	1,195
1972		1,210	229	60	1,043
1971		1,423	213	74	951
1970		1,485	213	87	865
1969		1,563	201	77	876
1968		1,427	210	82	819
1967		1,343	218	88	780
1966		973	266	71	868
1965		869	308	60	951
1964		1,050	279	77	874
1963		981	296	76	866
1962		891	314	76	875
1961		842	326	82	848
1960		771	344	79	859
1959		671	369	80	849
1958		620	366	89	793
1957		616	365	84	827
1956		613	352	98	741
1955		460	412	126	654
1954		319	497	97	732
1953		241	565	104	699
1952		189	649	101	697
1951		184	642	83	771
1950		166	662	80	769
1949		163	652	104	672
1948		122	779	93	696
1947		114	824	105	674
1946		124	727	85	706
1945		74	877	78	688
1944		45	1,181	63	792
1943		35	1,411	77	738
1942		51	1,107	69	778
1941		35	1,301	60	823
1940		28	1,453	65	768
1939		18	1,922	42	986
1938		22	1,680	54	849
1937		12	2,511	57	815
1936		9	2,987	54	829
1935		9	3,051	45	948
1934		9	3,047	37	1,083
1933		8	3,275	22	1,482
1932		10	2,949	29	1,277
1931		17	1,988	35	1,161
1930		13	2,491	35	1,207
1929		9	3,269	31	1,283
1928		6	4,478	49	988
1927		10	3,181	41	1,123
1926		13	2,641	36	1,205
1925		9	3,526	37	1,176
1924		13	2,751	42	1,114
1923		12	2,830	41	1,122
1922		9	3,529	29	1,383
1921		11	3,054	32	1,310
1920		9	3,479	33	1,266
1919		7	4,060	41	1,070
1918		7	4,086	31	1,276
1917		10	2,985	32	1,213
1916		5	4,808	21	1,574
1915		6	4,037	31	1,174
1914		5	3,932	15	1,651
1913		< 5	--	17	1,289
1912		9	2,060	18	1,126
1911		< 5	--	9	1,243
1910		< 5	--	6	1,516
1909		< 5	--	< 5	--
1908		< 5	--	5	1,511
1907		< 5	--	6	1,276
1906		< 5	--	5	1,349
1905		< 5	--	< 5	--
1904		< 5	--	< 5	--
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	5	1,145
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	8	829
1896		< 5	--	7	940
1895		< 5	--	8	838
1894		< 5	--	8	826
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	9	773
1891		< 5	--	5	1,053
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	7	877
1887		< 5	--	6	880
1886		< 5	--	8	730
1885		< 5	--	7	808
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	5	1,024
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.