Leigh
Mostly girls
Leigh is a name, meaning “wood, meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Leigh mean?
“wood, meadow”
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Leigh a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Leigh has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US.
How popular is Leigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 161 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Girls were 73% of the babies named Leigh in the UK in 1996, and 50% in 2016.
Leigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 42 | #855 |
| 2007 | 41 | #848 |
| 2006 | 34 | #932 |
| 2005 | 49 | #687 |
| 2004 | 63 | #556 |
| 2003 | 60 | #563 |
| 2002 | 82 | #435 |
| 2001 | 99 | #372 |
| 2000 | 107 | #349 |
| 1999 | 118 | #319 |
| 1998 | 161 | #272 |
| 1997 | 151 | #278 |
| 1996 | 158 | #263 |
How popular is Leigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Leigh, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 1,564 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer girls named Leigh than any year since 1940.
Half of all the girls named Leigh in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1915, 16% of the babies named Leigh in the US were girls. By 2023 it was 88%, with more girls than boys since 1946.
Leigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,956 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 74 | #2,323 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,103 |
| 2002 | 83 | #2,061 |
| 2001 | 116 | #1,594 |
| 2000 | 123 | #1,489 |
| 1999 | 149 | #1,250 |
| 1998 | 147 | #1,234 |
| 1997 | 191 | #1,007 |
| 1996 | 219 | #898 |
| 1995 | 230 | #850 |
| 1994 | 287 | #723 |
| 1993 | 372 | #615 |
| 1992 | 423 | #557 |
| 1991 | 445 | #526 |
| 1990 | 523 | #467 |
| 1989 | 603 | #409 |
| 1988 | 714 | #346 |
| 1987 | 668 | #357 |
| 1986 | 718 | #337 |
| 1985 | 773 | #312 |
| 1984 | 883 | #272 |
| 1983 | 863 | #271 |
| 1982 | 959 | #258 |
| 1981 | 1,100 | #230 |
| 1980 | 1,176 | #218 |
| 1979 | 1,127 | #232 |
| 1978 | 916 | #258 |
| 1977 | 954 | #258 |
| 1976 | 930 | #256 |
| 1975 | 1,064 | #228 |
| 1974 | 1,225 | #206 |
| 1973 | 1,078 | #239 |
| 1972 | 1,210 | #228 |
| 1971 | 1,424 | #213 |
| 1970 | 1,483 | #213 |
| 1969 | 1,564 | #201 |
| 1968 | 1,425 | #210 |
| 1967 | 1,342 | #218 |
| 1966 | 972 | #266 |
| 1965 | 868 | #308 |
| 1964 | 1,050 | #279 |
| 1963 | 980 | #296 |
| 1962 | 891 | #314 |
| 1961 | 843 | #325 |
| 1960 | 770 | #344 |
| 1959 | 671 | #369 |
| 1958 | 622 | #366 |
| 1957 | 617 | #365 |
| 1956 | 611 | #354 |
| 1955 | 460 | #411 |
| 1954 | 319 | #496 |
| 1953 | 241 | #564 |
| 1952 | 190 | #643 |
| 1951 | 184 | #638 |
| 1950 | 166 | #661 |
| 1949 | 163 | #649 |
| 1948 | 122 | #776 |
| 1947 | 114 | #819 |
| 1946 | 124 | #726 |
| 1945 | 74 | #873 |
| 1944 | 45 | #1,174 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,394 |
| 1942 | 51 | #1,101 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,442 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
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