Leah: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced LEE-uh · 2 syllables

Leah means “delicate”, from Hebrew.

From Hebrew (Le'a).

How popular is Leah?

Leah was the #58 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,880 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Leah in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Leah are older than 37; most are between 19 and 66. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Leah have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Leah means “delicate”. It comes from Hebrew.

Leah is pronounced LEE-uh.

Leah was the #58 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,880 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Leah are older than 37. Most are between 19 and 66.