Leighland — boys' name
66 babies named Leighland in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
66 boys have been named Leighland since 2006, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2021.
- 66
- total births
- 2006–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
76% of everyone ever named Leighland was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Leighland in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leighland
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Leighland between 2006 and 2021, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leighland currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leighland performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leighland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leighland 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 66 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.
Leighland at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leighland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2006
- Peak year (2010)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
66 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 10 births in a single year.
Leighland by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 50 births that decade — 76% of Leighland's all-time total
Leighland decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leighland's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% 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, 2006–2021 (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.