Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Leisha 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 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,108
- 0 boys · 2,108 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 144 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,709 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +242%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,709 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 144 in 1961. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,941 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.
Leisha’s family of names
Leisha may belong to the same name family as LEISSHA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Leisha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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