Leightyn — #6569 US girls' name
280 babies named Leightyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to girls today.
62% of everyone ever named Leightyn was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Leightyn in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leightyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Leightyn between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leightyn currently holds the #6569 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leightyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leightyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leightyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leightyn 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 280 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.
Leightyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Leightyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2020)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #6569 among girls.
280 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 24 births in a single year.
Leightyn popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Leightyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Leightyn accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Leightyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 174 births that decade — 62% of Leightyn's all-time total
Leightyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leightyn's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Leightyn by state
Where Leightyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 4.3% |
12 of 280 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.