Leith
Boy · LEETH · Scottish
Leith is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Leith mean?
Scottish: Scottish place name; also a spelling of Arabic Laith
Leith is Edinburgh's historic port; the name can also be a spelling of the Arabic Laith 'lion'.
- Say it
- LEETH
Is Leith a girl's or a boy's name?
Leith is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Leith, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Leith in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Leith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | #6,127 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 2 | #5,967 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 2 | #5,064 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Leith in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Leith, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Leith in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leith in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
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