Lehi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEE-hy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Lehi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “jawbone”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Lehi mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew lechi 'jawbone', a place in the Book of Judges; also a Book of Mormon prophet
“jawbone”
In the Book of Mormon, Lehi is the prophet who leads his family from Jerusalem to the Americas.
Is Lehi a girl's or a boy's name?
Lehi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lehi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Lehi, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had more boys named Lehi than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Lehi in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lehi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Lehi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kai, Koa, Lakai, Keoni, Makai, Kainoa, Kaleo, Makoa, Nikolai, Keanu, Levi, Kailo
Names related to Lehi
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lehi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lehi, updated 20 October 2026.