Boys' name · since 2006
Leighland
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 66 babies named Leighland, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,237 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 66
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leighland is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 66 have been recorded since 2006.
Leighland has 66 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2006 to 2021.
- #20,237 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 66 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leighland ranks #20,237 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,237 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 66
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leighland's 66 recorded births place it above 55.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leighland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leighland splits its recorded history at 2013: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leighland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2021
- Peak year (2010)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Leighland by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (50 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Leighland's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Leighland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 50 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Leighland's decade-level peak was the 2010s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Leighland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~15 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, 2006–2021 (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 Leighland 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.