Leah

Meaning and origin of Leah

Popularity of Leah in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2000.
• Over recent years, Leah has been stable (+0.7% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Leah every 2.1 schools, all spellings combined.

Leah in English-speaking countries

Leah ranks 49^th in Ireland, 53^rd in United States and 54^th in Ontario (Canada), against 1,351^st in France.

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  49^th girls’ name309 babies in 3 years1 girl in 210−3.7% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  69^th girls’ name121 babies in 3 years1 girl in 328−0.5% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  54^th girls’ name468 babies in 3 years1 girl in 330−5.1% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  92^nd girls’ name124 babies in 3 years1 girl in 339−2.1% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  107^th girls’ name60 babies in 3 years1 girl in 375−10.1% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  53^rd girls’ name11,844 babies in 3 years1 girl in 408−3.1% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  141^st girls’ name94 babies in 3 years1 girl in 579−10.5% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  178^th girls’ name843 babies in 3 years1 girl in 911−4.5% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Leah and Léah are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Léah40
• Léa3,970
• Lea155
• Léha5
• Leea5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Leah

• Lev
• Liz
• Ruth
• Tal
• Lyse
• Lyson
• Liza
• Lysa
• Jim
• Layah
• Lilith
• Anne

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin