Leighanne — #12316 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leighanne

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,313 babies named Leighanne between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leighanne currently holds the #12316 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leighanne performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 403 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Leighanne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Leighanne in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leighanne 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 1,313 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.