Leana — #2108 US girls' name
4,894 babies named Leana in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Leana was born in this single decade.
100 babies were named Leana in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leana
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,894 babies named Leana between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leana currently holds the #2108 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 100 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 806 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Leana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 646 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Leana in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,894 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Leana at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2010)
- 100
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #2108 among girls.
4,894 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 100 births in a single year.
Leana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 806 births that decade — 16% of Leana's all-time total
Leana decade highlights
- Peak decade 806 births
- Runner-up 772 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Leana's strongest decade
806 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Leana by state
Where Leana concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 646 | 13.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 333 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 268 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 202 | 4.1% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 66 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 61 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 33 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 26 | 0.5% |
646 of 4,894 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.2% of nationwide
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
- Texas 5.5% of nationwide
- Florida 4.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Leana appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.