Girls' name · since 1913
Leandra
7,029 babies named Leandra in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,029
- born since 1913
- 1990s
- peak decade
Leandra currently ranks #3589 among girls' names in America, with 7,029 babies recorded since 1913.
Leandra has 7,029 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3589 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #2,071 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,589 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,029 born since 1913
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leandra ranks #2,071 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,589 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,029 born since 1913, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,029
- born since 1913
- 1990s
- peak decade
Leandra's 7,029 recorded births place it above 97.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Leandra compares
7,029 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Leandra's all-time total is 19x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leandra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,029 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 269 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leandra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leandra's full recorded timeline at 1973, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1913, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 269 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leandra popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 269
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Leandra popularity over time - boys
38 total births recorded since 1982 (Leandra as boys' name)
Leandra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,054 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Leandra's strongest decade.
2,054 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Leandra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 26
1910s
26 births
- 1920s 50
1920s
50 births
- 1930s 65
1930s
65 births
- 1940s 136
1940s
136 births
- 1950s 187
1950s
187 births
- 1960s 362
1960s
362 births
- 1970s 696
1970s
696 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,473 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,054 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,103 births
- 2010s 647
2010s
647 births
- 2020s 230
2020s
230 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,054 births (29% of all-time use).
How Leandra 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 Leandra's total volume
Leandra by state
Where Leandra concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 843 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 716 | 10.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 537 | 7.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 305 | 4.3% |
| #5 | New Mexico | | 271 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 132 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 116 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 100 | 1.4% |
843 of 7,029 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Leandra appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Leandra's data
- Leandra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,054 total births); usage has since declined to 230 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Leandras (843 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leandra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1913–2025 (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 Leandra 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.