How Many People Are Named Leigh?
people named Leigh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,584 people in the US has this name
Based on 45,349 babies named Leigh in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,641 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was a variant of LEE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Leigh in English. Counting Leigh and these spellings together, about 202,796 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Leigh, 92.2% were girls and 7.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Leigh rose from 18.1% in the 1910s to 92% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leigh alive today is about 51 years old, and 69% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 42 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leigh first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1969, to 1,641 babies. In 2025, 31 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leigh has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #201, in 1969. In 2025 it ranked #4,503. Among boys, its best rank was #654, in 1955.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,503 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #201 (1969) | #654 (1955) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #234 in the 1970s | #750 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leigh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leigh were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,750 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leigh was given 2.9 times as often in Alabama, 2.2 times in North Carolina and 2.2 times in Tennessee.
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