Girls' name · since 1958
Leianne
Since 1958, U.S. Social Security records show 117 babies named Leianne, peaking in 1968. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,424 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Leianne is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 117 have been recorded since 1958.
Leianne has 117 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2008.
- #25,424 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 117 born since 1958
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leianne ranks #25,424 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 1958, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,424 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Leianne's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leianne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leianne splits its recorded history at 1979: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leianne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2008
- Peak year (1968)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Leianne by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (40 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Leianne's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Leianne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 40 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Leianne's decade-level peak was the 1980s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Leianne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1958–2008 (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 Leianne 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.