Spellings
Leah or Lia?
In the US in 2025, 70% of babies in this name family were spelled Leah and 27% Lia. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Leah already led in 2015, with 83% of the family's births; it has 70% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 6,751 to 5,575 births (−17%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leah | 5,636 | 3,880 | −31% |
| Lia | 996 | 1,526 | +53% |
| Liah | 119 | 169 | +42% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈliə/ (LEE-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Leah 15 births, Lia 170 births (#315 among girls) and Liah 10 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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