Leanna
Leanna was given to 300 girls in 2025, #890 among girls’ names; 25,937 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 23,000 Americans named Leanna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 17 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leanna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leanna mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Leanna is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leanna?
#890 among girls’ names, 2025
Leanna fell from #761 in 2015 to #890 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.21 to 0.19 per 1,000.
675 babies in 1990, the peak
Leanna peaked in 1990, when 675 girls were given it, #389 among girls’ names. The 300 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 300 | #890 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 293 | #905 | 0.18 |
| 2023 | 260 | #986 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 287 | #947 | 0.17 |
| 2021 | 295 | #912 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 302 | #885 | 0.19 |
| 2019 | 313 | #856 | 0.19 |
| 2018 | 331 | #819 | 0.19 |
| 2017 | 384 | #738 | 0.22 |
| 2016 | 355 | #804 | 0.20 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 371 | #761 | 0.21 |
| 2014 | 386 | #725 | 0.22 |
| 2013 | 408 | #693 | 0.23 |
| 2012 | 375 | #741 | 0.21 |
| 2011 | 409 | #687 | 0.23 |
| 2010 | 406 | #707 | 0.23 |
| 2009 | 406 | #710 | 0.22 |
| 2008 | 410 | #727 | 0.22 |
| 2007 | 391 | #746 | 0.20 |
| 2006 | 369 | #752 | 0.19 |
| 2005 | 361 | #747 | 0.20 |
| 2004 | 346 | #755 | 0.19 |
| 2003 | 365 | #714 | 0.20 |
| 2002 | 371 | #678 | 0.21 |
| 2001 | 400 | #626 | 0.22 |
| 2000 | 414 | #614 | 0.23 |
| 1999 | 372 | #635 | 0.21 |
| 1998 | 428 | #575 | 0.24 |
| 1997 | 457 | #524 | 0.26 |
| 1996 | 453 | #521 | 0.26 |
| 1995 | 427 | #551 | 0.24 |
| 1994 | 440 | #550 | 0.25 |
| 1993 | 460 | #526 | 0.25 |
| 1992 | 510 | #485 | 0.28 |
| 1991 | 598 | #426 | 0.32 |
| 1990 | 675 | #389 | 0.36 |
| 1989 | 659 | #384 | 0.36 |
| 1988 | 504 | #450 | 0.28 |
| 1987 | 332 | #589 | 0.19 |
| 1986 | 323 | #598 | 0.19 |
| 1985 | 339 | #576 | 0.20 |
| 1984 | 330 | #561 | 0.20 |
| 1983 | 279 | #621 | 0.17 |
| 1982 | 312 | #584 | 0.18 |
| 1981 | 307 | #602 | 0.18 |
| 1980 | 309 | #600 | 0.19 |
| 1979 | 299 | #602 | 0.19 |
| 1978 | 250 | #650 | 0.16 |
| 1977 | 241 | #663 | 0.16 |
| 1976 | 202 | #727 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 203 | #726 | 0.14 |
| 1974 | 198 | #725 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 201 | #720 | 0.14 |
| 1972 | 218 | #680 | 0.14 |
| 1971 | 216 | #707 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 233 | #681 | 0.13 |
| 1969 | 214 | #680 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 206 | #676 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 190 | #709 | 0.12 |
| 1966 | 187 | #722 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 190 | #719 | 0.11 |
| 1964 | 172 | #793 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 194 | #738 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 196 | #737 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 171 | #801 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 143 | #868 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 140 | #874 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 173 | #756 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 135 | #878 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 107 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 105 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 125 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 120 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 125 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 144 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 163 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 115 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 82 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 132 | #744 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 107 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 74 | #875 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 92 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 85 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 101 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 104 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 79 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 65 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 60 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 67 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 46 | #1,027 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 49 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,234 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 59 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 50 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,145 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 64 | #932 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 77 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 52 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,202 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 58 | #1,010 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 52 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,212 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,333 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,495 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 19 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 20 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,171 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 26 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,271 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 17 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,427 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 14 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,280 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 19 | #875 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 14 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 11 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 16 | #828 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 17 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 13 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 18 | #699 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 12 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 13 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,209 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 14 | #706 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1886 | 14 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 9 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 8 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 9 | #672 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 10 | #619 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 7 | #710 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Leanna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leanna has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Leanna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leanna, and how old are they?
23,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 25,937 Americans ever recorded as Leanna. The median Leanna alive today is 32 years old; half are between 17 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 20,013 people named Leanna (19,996 women and girls, 17 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 21,912 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 389 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,080 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,310 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,770 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,210 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,260 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Leanna born?
The states with the most babies named Leanna are California, Texas and Pennsylvania, with 41% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 49 | #639 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 29 | #995 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #424 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 22 | #495 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 15 | #1,034 | 0.9× |
| New York | 13 | #1,125 | 0.8× |
| Missouri | 11 | #541 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 9 | #810 | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 8 | #768 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 8 | #915 | 0.7× |
Where Leanna is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Leanna is most over-represented in Ohio: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Leanna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 335,132 babies since 1880, Leanna is the fourth most given (7.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 300 of their 2,629 babies (11%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Leanna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Leanna and names like it
- Compare Leanna and LenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sLeanna peaked in 1990.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leanna since 1910.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Leanna.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Leanna alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with LMost given first.