Leisha
Recorded 1956–2025 · United States
Leisha was most popular in 1961, when 144 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,520 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,108 people named Leisha.
Leisha over time
How old is the name Leisha?
Leisha first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1956, which makes it about 69 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 69 of the 70 years since.
How many people are named Leisha?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,108 American births named Leisha between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,970 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Leisha in 2025?
17 American babies were named Leisha in 2025, ranking #11,378 that year.
Is Leisha getting more or less popular?
Leisha is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 21 births a year, against 8 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +179% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Leisha a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Leisha is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,108 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Leisha?
Roughly 1,970 Americans named Leisha are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 51 years old, and half are between 36 and 63.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Leisha is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org