Girls' name · since 1960
Leanette
154 babies named Leanette in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,500 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
154 girls have been named Leanette since 1960, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Leanette has 154 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2024.
- #22,500 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 154 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leanette ranks #22,500 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 154 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #22,500 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Leanette's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leanette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leanette's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1965, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1967 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leanette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2024
- Peak year (1967)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Leanette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (47 births, 31% of the file).
1960s was Leanette's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Leanette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 47 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Leanette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Leanette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1960–2024 (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 Leanette 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.