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Leith

#7,994 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Wet, damp

Leith has been given to 769 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #7,994 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 23 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Leith, 2025

1 in 332,000

Leith over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010203018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Leith over time

In 2025, Leith went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19162025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Leith: meaning, origin, and history

Wet, damp

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Leith means

Leith means “wet, damp”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 659 boys were recorded with the name Leith between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2018; its best national rank was #2,627 in 1969.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,856 in 2020 to #7,994 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,817 in 2015 to #7,994 in 2025.

In the United States, 110 girls were recorded with the name Leith between 1941 and 1973. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1967; its best national rank was #4,012 in 1943.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Leith?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,994
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Leith sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Leith. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Leiths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Leith was born before 1991 — so the typical Leith is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
16.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
39.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
607
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 16.1% of all recorded uses (106).

Is Leith rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,511
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,138
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−177
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.5%
Peak was 2018 (23)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,627
1969

Spellings of Leith

Leith is not the most common spelling — Keith is, with 66.0% against Leith's 0.10%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Leith around the world

Where Leith ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2008–2012
    #669
    in 2012
  • France
    1997–2025
    #1,098
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2003–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1944–2008
    #467
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Leith by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,994
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,138
Best rank ever
#2,627
1969
Peak year
2018
23 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
659
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,012
1943
Peak year
1967
9 that year
First recorded
1941
Last recorded
1973
All-time count
110
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Leith

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Leith

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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