Leah
265
Babies in 2024
-61%
10-year change
2004
Peak · 2.16k
-13%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Leah
Leah peaked among UK girls' names in the early 2000s (2,160 babies in 2004) and has remained in active use — 265 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Leah reached its peak in 2004, when 2,160 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #24 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 265 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 33,185 girls have been officially registered with the name Leah in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 4,755 girls were registered with the name, starting from 683 in 2014 and ending at 265 in 2024.