Leana
Leana was given to 74 girls in 2025, #2,424 among girls’ names; 4,968 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,040 Americans named Leana and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 14 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leana by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leana mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Leana is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leana?
#2,424 among girls’ names, 2025
Leana rose from #2,540 in 2015 to #2,424 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 39.8 to 46.0 per million.
100 babies in 2010, the peak
Leana peaked in 2010, when 100 girls were given it, #2,003 among girls’ names. The 74 births of 2025 are 74% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,424 | 46.0 |
| 2024 | 90 | #2,129 | 55.5 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,458 | 45.5 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,481 | 44.5 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,874 | 36.0 |
| 2020 | 77 | #2,312 | 47.6 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,472 | 42.9 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,827 | 35.3 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,448 | 42.9 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,682 | 36.7 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 71 | #2,540 | 39.8 |
| 2014 | 87 | #2,189 | 48.7 |
| 2013 | 92 | #2,087 | 52.4 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,488 | 42.0 |
| 2011 | 77 | #2,405 | 43.8 |
| 2010 | 100 | #2,003 | 56.3 |
| 2009 | 96 | #2,112 | 52.3 |
| 2008 | 97 | #2,098 | 51.3 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,588 | 37.4 |
| 2006 | 97 | #2,044 | 51.0 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,044 | 49.8 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,611 | 34.9 |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,153 | 44.3 |
| 2002 | 77 | #2,166 | 42.9 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,551 | 33.3 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,247 | 38.5 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,355 | 35.5 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,261 | 35.7 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,088 | 39.1 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,026 | 39.4 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,264 | 33.6 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,303 | 31.9 |
| 1993 | 56 | #2,302 | 31.0 |
| 1992 | 68 | #2,015 | 36.9 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,979 | 37.3 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,833 | 41.1 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,945 | 35.8 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,827 | 38.2 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,345 | 25.9 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,212 | 27.4 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,959 | 32.5 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,933 | 32.1 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,627 | 20.4 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,131 | 28.3 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,288 | 26.4 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,032 | 31.3 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,169 | 28.7 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,680 | 41.1 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,282 | 26.1 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,040 | 29.3 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,543 | 21.3 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,089 | 27.3 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,876 | 16.5 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,113 | 24.3 |
| 1971 | 38 | #2,151 | 22.8 |
| 1970 | 36 | #2,222 | 20.6 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,329 | 18.4 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,391 | 16.5 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,597 | 13.9 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,894 | 11.2 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,503 | 13.6 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,716 | 11.6 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,999 | 18.2 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,573 | 11.7 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,795 | 9.9 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,546 | 11.4 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,128 | 14.3 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,141 | 13.9 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,607 | 9.8 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,350 | 11.5 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,507 | 10.2 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,052 | 13.9 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,647 | 9.0 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,871 | 15.6 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,437 | 10.0 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,977 | 14.0 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,375 | 10.5 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,060 | 7.1 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,922 | 14.7 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,810 | 8.3 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,962 | 14.5 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,059 | 13.6 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,635 | 9.3 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,910 | 8.1 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,925 | 15.7 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,249 | 12.2 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,259 | 12.8 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,394 | 11.8 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,384 | 12.2 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,210 | 13.5 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,374 | 12.4 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,649 | 4.8 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,477 | 11.9 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,187 | 14.1 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,838 | 17.8 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,488 | 11.5 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,657 | 10.7 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,656 | 21.7 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,301 | 13.4 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,041 | 16.0 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,870 | 18.1 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,093 | 15.2 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,990 | 16.6 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,447 | 26.6 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,441 | 12.2 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,525 | 11.7 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,782 | 19.5 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,287 | 30.2 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,576 | 22.2 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,655 | 21.1 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,842 | 18.3 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,468 | 26.3 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,964 | 17.6 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,511 | 25.1 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,081 | 16.7 |
| 1910 | 19 | #1,015 | 47.9 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,085 | 43.2 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,491 | 26.9 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,116 | 40.8 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,270 | 33.9 |
| 1905 | 15 | #990 | 51.4 |
| 1904 | 20 | #819 | 72.6 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,171 | 38.2 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,918 | 18.9 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,279 | 33.4 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,082 | 43.4 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,731 | 21.5 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,607 | 23.2 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,670 | 21.3 |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,021 | 46.2 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,167 | 38.5 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,105 | 40.4 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,541 | 23.5 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,223 | 33.0 |
| 1889 | 9 | #931 | 50.5 |
| 1888 | 9 | #927 | 50.4 |
| 1886 | 9 | #805 | 62.3 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,126 | 37.6 |
| 1884 | 6 | #978 | 46.5 |
| 1880 | 6 | #797 | 65.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Leana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leana has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 140 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Leana: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leana, and how old are they?
4,040 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 4,968 Americans ever recorded as Leana. The median Leana alive today is 27 years old; half are between 14 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 3,801 people named Leana (3,789 women and girls, 12 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,725 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 78 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 335 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 536 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 894 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,240 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 961 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Leana born?
The states with the most babies named Leana are Texas, California and Florida, with 83% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 11 | #1,985 | 0.7× |
| California | 7 | #2,656 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,796 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,283 | 0.5× |
Where Leana is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Leana is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Leana with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Leana?
Leana is a less common spelling of Leanna: SSA has recorded 4,968 Leana and 25,937 Leanna since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 367,763 babies since 1880, Leana is the eighth most given (1.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 74 of their 3,633 babies (2.0%), the sixth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Leana
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Leana and names like it
- Compare Leana and LeannaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sLeana peaked in 2010.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leana since 1910.
- The top names of 2010The year the most babies were named Leana.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Leana alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with LMost given first.