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Baby name
Leah
Girl
Origin of the name
Leah comes from the Hebrew Le'ah. In the Bible, Leah is the first wife of Jacob and the sister of Rachel.
Classic name
256,488births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 29rank at its peak, in 2009
Where babies named Leah are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Leah is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Leah is most common in Alaska (1.5 times), Nevada (1.4) and Florida (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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