girls:
110 births since 1941
#5606 (2nd percentile)
boys:
641 births since 1916
#3945 (14th percentile)
overall:
751 births since 1916
#6988 (10th percentile)
The name Leith is the #6,988 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 751 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 9.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,945 (13.9% percentile) for all time with 641 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,606 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 110 births since 1941.
Leith first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1941 for girls). Birth data for Leith is available in 77 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (70 years for boys and 17 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Leith has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Leith were boys.
For boys, Leith reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #895) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Leith ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 64.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Leith reached its peak popularity in 1967, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #734) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1973.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leith".
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