Girl
Leigh
The name Leigh carries the meaning "meadow, clearing". It belongs mostly to the 1970s at this point. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. 1969 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
Old EnglishOld English "leah"
EtymologyMeaning "meadow, clearing"
Births by decade
1900s
16
1910s
270
1920s
472
1930s
537
1940s
1,590
1950s
5,023
1960s
11,480
1970s
12,012
1980s
9,049
1990s
3,155
2000s
836
2010s
441
Peaked in the 1970s · 44,881 total U.S. births since 1900