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Leaha

Girl · LEE-uh · Hebrew

Leaha is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “weary”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Leaha mean?

Hebrew: variant of Leah

“weary”

Variant of Leah, the elder wife of Jacob in the Book of Genesis; the Hebrew meaning is uncertain but is often given as weary.

Say it
LEE-uh

Is Leaha a girl's or a boy's name?

Leaha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Leaha in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 8 girls.

Half of all the girls named Leaha in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 8 in 19972020
Leaha in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20201#7,326
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20152#7,531
20140–
20131#7,690
20120–
20112#7,640
20100–
20091#7,377
20080–
20076#3,396
20060–
20056#3,133
20044#3,916
20032#5,792
20021#5,540
20015#2,928
20004#3,399
19994#3,374
19980–
19978#2,073
19965#2,815

How popular is Leaha in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,913among girls
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Leaha, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1990, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.

2025 had more girls named Leaha than any year since 2013.

Half of all the girls named Leaha in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1949Busiest: 26 in 19902025
Leaha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#10,913
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
201310#10,230
20125#16,863
201112#9,146
201012#9,227
20097#13,698
200812#9,472
20079#11,626
200618#6,838
20057#13,003
200414#7,823
20039#10,420
200212#8,274
200114#7,311
200015#6,802
199917#5,890
199814#6,714
19978#9,797
199611#7,569
199514#6,252
199412#7,091
19939#8,712
199210#8,057
199110#7,980
199026#3,904
198912#6,525
198810#7,106
198717#4,656
198613#5,456
198511#6,029
198415#4,736
198314#4,883
198215#4,714
198120#3,858
198012#5,543
197910#6,188
197813#4,931
197713#4,941
19766#8,154
19759#5,982
19747#6,898
19739#5,578
19729#5,479
197112#4,532
19708#5,817
19699#5,056
19685#7,014
19670–
19667#5,272
19650–
19646#6,008
19630–
19620–
19615#6,566
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19495#5,243

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