Girls' name · since 1984
Leighana
Leighana has 359 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,446 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,534 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 359
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leighana is the #8534 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 359 recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leighana has been recorded 359 times among girls since 1984, currently ranked #8534 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #14,446 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,534 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 359 born since 1984
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leighana ranks #14,446 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,534 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 359 born since 1984, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,446 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,534 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 359
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leighana's 359 recorded births place it above 80.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leighana compares
359 48th percentile among 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
Leighana's all-time total is 5% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leighana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 359 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leighana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leighana splits its recorded history at 2009: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leighana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Leighana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (153 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Leighana's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Leighana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 56
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
153 births
- 2020s 52
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 153 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leighana's data
- Leighana's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (153 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Leighana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Leighana 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.