Girls' name · since 1880
Leana
Leana has 4,968 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,410 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,968
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leana is the #2410 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,968 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leana has been recorded 4,968 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #2410 nationally and more common than 86% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,588 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,410 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,968 born since 1880
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leana ranks #2,588 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,410 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,968 born since 1880, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,410 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,968
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leana's 4,968 recorded births place it above 96.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Leana compares
4,968 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leana's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,968 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 100 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leana's full recorded timeline at 1956, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1885, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 100 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 100
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Leana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (806 births, 16% of the file).
2000s was Leana's strongest decade.
806 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Leana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 44
1880s
44 births
- 1890s 57
1890s
57 births
- 1900s 118
1900s
118 births
- 1910s 192
1910s
192 births
- 1920s 194
1920s
194 births
- 1930s 131
1930s
131 births
- 1940s 163
1940s
163 births
- 1950s 235
1950s
235 births
- 1960s 247
1960s
247 births
- 1970s
1970s
398 births
- 1980s
1980s
514 births
- 1990s
1990s
651 births
- 2000s
2000s
806 births
- 2010s
2010s
772 births
- 2020s
2020s
446 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 806 births (16% of all-time use).
How Leana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leana's total volume
Leana by state
Where Leana concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 653 | 13.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 333 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 279 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 209 | 4.2% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 71 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 61 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 33 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 26 | 0.5% |
653 of 4,968 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Leana appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Leana's data
- Leana's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (806 total births) through the 2020s (446) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Leanas (653 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Leana
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.