Leigh · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Leigh.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1882

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 123 recorded years as a table

Leigh, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1882	44
1885	65
1886	72
1887	59
1888	58
1891	49
1892	74
1894	69
1895	68
1896	59
1897	71
1899	47
1906	38
1907	41
1908	32
1910	31
1911	40
1912	42
1913	33
1914	23
1915	37
1916	24
1917	35
1918	31
1919	42
1920	31
1921	29
1922	27
1923	37
1924	37
1925	33
1926	32
1927	36
1928	44
1929	29
1930	32
1931	34
1932	28
1933	22
1934	36
1935	43
1936	52
1937	53
1938	49
1939	38
1940	56
1941	49
1942	50
1943	54
1944	46
1945	58
1946	52
1947	57
1948	53
1949	59
1950	45
1951	44
1952	52
1953	53
1954	48
1955	61
1956	46
1957	39
1958	42
1959	37
1960	38
1961	38
1962	37
1963	37
1964	38
1965	32
1966	40
1967	50
1968	47
1969	43
1970	47
1971	42
1972	37
1973	31
1974	24
1975	37
1976	34
1977	38
1978	33
1979	38
1980	35
1981	44
1982	44
1983	32
1984	35
1985	31
1986	28
1987	30
1988	22
1989	20
1990	14
1991	16
1992	12
1993	6
1994	7
1995	8
1996	6
1997	7
1998	5
1999	6
2000	7
2001	6
2002	4
2003	3
2004	4
2005	3
2007	3
2008	2
2009	3
2010	4
2012	3
2014	4
2015	4
2016	3
2018	4
2020	5
2022	5
2023	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Leigh isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023: 5
Rank in 2023: #12,239
How rare: 1 in 342,115 boys
Since 1882: 5,107

Leigh was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1892, at 74 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Leigh doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.