Leigh
About Leigh
This spelling adds a little more femininity to the neutral Lee. Leigh and sister Lee were quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s among the first cool wave of unisex names for girls, but now have vanished from the Top 1000. The Biblical Leah is preferred.
Pronounced LEE.
As of October 2026, Leigh ranked #4504 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #201 in 1969.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,032 | 56 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | #3,416 | 47 | 26.3 |
| 2016 | #2,722 | 64 | 36.1 |
| 2017 | #2,861 | 59 | 34.2 |
| 2018 | #3,423 | 46 | 27 |
| 2019 | #2,840 | 59 | 35.2 |
| 2020 | #3,813 | 38 | 23.5 |
| 2021 | #3,525 | 44 | 26.8 |
| 2022 | #2,976 | 56 | 34.1 |
| 2023 | #3,948 | 38 | 23.7 |
| 2024 | #3,421 | 46 | 28.4 |
| 2025 | #4,504 | 31 | 19.3 |
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Leigh on lists
Famous Leighs
- Leigh Brackett
author and screenwriter most famous for The Empire Strikes Back.
- Leigh Bingham Nash
lead singer of American band Sixpence None the Richer
- Leigh Taylor
Young, American actress
- Leigh
Allyn Baker, American actress
- Leigh Bardugo
American novelist
- Leigh
Anne Pinnock, singer of British girl group Little Mix
- Leigh Lezark
American DJ of group The Misshapes
- Leigh Ann Brown
American soccer player
- Leigh Ann Larkin
American actress and singer
- Leigh Ann Orsi
American dancer and actress
- Leigh
Anne Thompson, American tennis player
- Leigh
Ann Naidoo, South African beach volleyball player
- Leigh Ann Fetter
American swimmer
- Leigh
Anne Csuhany, second wife of actor Kelsey Grammer
- Leighann Lord
American comedienne and podcaster
- Rachael Leigh Cook
American actress
- Dorothy Leigh Sayers
British novelist and theologian
- Janet Leigh
American actress
- Vivien Leigh
British actress
Leigh in pop culture
- Brenda Leigh Johnson
character on TV's "The Closer"
- Leigh Peterson
character in 2009 movie "Mississippi Damned"
- Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore
character in the TV series "Gilmore Girls"
- Leigh Bardugo
Author of the “Six of Crows” duology