Given name

Leysha

Leysha is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Leysha 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 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Leysha through the years

Babies since 1880
87
0 boys · 87 girls
Most popular year
2024
17 babies
2025
6
#14,196 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
05101520002025Highest share 20243.7
Leysha in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1995–2025, 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,196 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 136 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.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Modern

Layra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ruha

“trash, heap, thicket”

15Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Leiana

33RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Raleigha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Turkish · Modern

Sevda

“a parent's great love”

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Luvlee

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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