How Many People Are Named Leelah?
people named Leelah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 771,523 people in the US has this name
Based on 446 babies named Leelah in Social Security records from 2000 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
32 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Leelah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leelah alive today is about 10 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leelah first appears in the records in 2000 and was given most often in 2018, to 32 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2000 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leelah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,410, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #6,237.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,237 |
| Best rank | #4,410 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,283 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leelah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leelah were born in California than in any other state: about 34 of those alive today.
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