Leah is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “wild cow.” In 2024 it was given to 3,969 girls in the United States.
Leah belongs to the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “wild cow” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Leah first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #24 in 2010, and in 2024 3,969 babies received the name — 252,567 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Leah means “wild cow” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Leah is a girl name. In 2024, 3,969 babies received the name in the US.
Leah comes from the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition.
Leah first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #24 in 2010, and 3,969 babies were given the name in 2024.
Leah is pronounced /ˈliː.ə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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