Given name

Leathia

Leathia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Leathia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Leathia through the years

Babies since 1880
251
0 boys · 251 girls
Most popular year
1904
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0102030401900192019401960198020002025Highest share 19040.0
Leathia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1897–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1967. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1904. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 120 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Leathia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Leathie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Mythological

Luvinia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Teutonic

Edolia

“a woman of good humor”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Evarista

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Leanner

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Virtue

Lavania

“one who is filled with grace”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Clevia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

American

Leather

“as tough as hide”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Leathia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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