Girls' name · since 1929
Leanne
Leanne has 29,627 recorded births since 1929 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1969 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,490 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29,627
- born since 1929
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leanne is the #2490 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 29,627 recorded since 1929.
Leanne has 29,627 recorded births among girls since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2490 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of girls, 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 1929 to 2025.
- #844 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,490 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 29,627 born since 1929
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leanne ranks #844 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,490 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 29,627 born since 1929, peaking in the 1960s.
- #844 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,490 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29,627
- born since 1929
- 1960s
- peak decade
Leanne's 29,627 recorded births place it above 98.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Leanne compares
29,627 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Leanne's all-time total is 79x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leanne | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29,627 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 801 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leanne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leanne splits its recorded history at 1977: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1929 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1969 peak of 801 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leanne popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–2025
- Peak year (1969)
- 801
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Leanne popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1980 (Leanne as boys' name)
Leanne by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (7,066 births, 24% of the file).
1960s was Leanne's strongest decade.
7,066 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Leanne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1930s 313
1930s
313 births
- 1940s 1,160
1940s
1,160 births
- 1950s
1950s
3,587 births
- 1960s
1960s
7,066 births
- 1970s
1970s
5,063 births
- 1980s
1980s
5,765 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,433 births
- 2000s 1,609
2000s
1,609 births
- 2010s 1,180
2010s
1,180 births
- 2020s 444
2020s
444 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 7,066 births (24% of all-time use).
How Leanne 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 Leanne's total volume
Leanne by state
Where Leanne concentrates geographically, total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,662 | 12.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,933 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 1,788 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,527 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 1,426 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 1,389 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 1,332 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Texas | | 1,307 | 4.4% |
3,662 of 29,627 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Leanne appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Leanne's data
- Leanne's decade-level peak was the 1960s (7,066 total births); usage has since declined to 444 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Leannes (3,662 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 Leanne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~96 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, 1929–2025 (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 Leanne 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.