Girls' name · since 2009
Leightyn
291 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.
- #16,177 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,307 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leightyn currently ranks #9307 among girls' names in America, with 291 babies recorded since 2009.
Leightyn has 291 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9307 as of the latest data, more common than 46% of girls, 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 2009 to 2025.
- #16,177 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,307 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 291 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leightyn ranks #16,177 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,307 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 291 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,177 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,307 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leightyn's 291 recorded births place it above 77.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Leightyn compares
291 44th 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
Leightyn's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leightyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 291 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leightyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leightyn splits its recorded history at 2017: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leightyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Leightyn popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Leightyn as boys' name)
Leightyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (174 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Leightyn's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Leightyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
174 births
- 2020s
2020s
110 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 174 births (60% 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 | 4.1% |
12 of 291 births nationwide.
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What to do with Leightyn's data
- Leightyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (174 total births) through the 2020s (110) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Leightyns (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leightyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Leightyn 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.