Girls' name · since 2009
Leanah
Leanah has 81 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 81
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leanah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 81 recorded since 2009.
Leanah has 81 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2018.
- #29,502 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 81 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leanah ranks #29,502 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 81 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 81
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leanah's 81 recorded births place it above 59.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Leanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leanah splits its recorded history at 2014: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2018
- Peak year (2014)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Leanah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (71 births, 88% of the file).
2010s was Leanah's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Leanah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 71 births (88% of all-time use).
Leanah by state
Where Leanah concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 6.2% |
5 of 81 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Leanahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2009–2018 (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 Leanah 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.