Girls' name · since 1963
Leena
Leena has 5,785 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,116 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,785
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leena currently ranks #1116 among girls' names in America, with 5,785 babies recorded since 1963.
Leena has 5,785 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1116 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, 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 1963 to 2025.
- #2,331 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,116 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,785 born since 1963
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leena ranks #2,331 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,116 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,785 born since 1963, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,116 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,785
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leena's 5,785 recorded births place it above 96.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Leena compares
5,785 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Leena's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,785 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 256 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leena's full recorded timeline at 1995, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 256 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 256
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Leena by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,011 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Leena's strongest decade.
2,011 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Leena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 46
1960s
46 births
- 1970s 195
1970s
195 births
- 1980s 358
1980s
358 births
- 1990s 561
1990s
561 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,309 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,011 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,305 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,011 births (35% of all-time use).
How Leena 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 Leena's total volume
Leena by state
Where Leena concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 798 | 13.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 478 | 8.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 440 | 7.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 288 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 220 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 218 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 187 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 179 | 3.1% |
798 of 5,785 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Leena appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Leena's data
- Leena's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,011 total births) through the 2020s (1,305) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Leenas (798 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 Leena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Leena 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.