Leighana — #12507 US girls' name
347 babies named Leighana in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Leighana was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Leighana in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leighana
The Social Security Administration has registered 347 babies named Leighana between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leighana currently holds the #12507 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leighana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leighana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leighana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 347 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Leighana at a glance
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Current rank
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Leighana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2012)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #12507 among girls.
347 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 23 births in a single year.
Leighana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 153 births that decade — 44% of Leighana's all-time total
Leighana decade highlights
- Peak decade 153 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leighana's strongest decade
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.