How Many People Are Named Leatha?
people named Leatha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 162,213 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,023 babies named Leatha in Social Security records from 1880 to 2000, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
138 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Leatha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leatha alive today is about 66 years old, and 70% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leatha first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 138 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2000.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2000
🏆 Rank History
Leatha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #409, in 1900.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #409 (1900) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #730 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leatha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leatha were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 93 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leatha was given 6.4 times as often in Mississippi, 5 times in South Carolina and 3.6 times in North Carolina.
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