Girls' name · since 2005
Leiona
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 21 babies named Leiona, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #45,467 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leiona sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 21 recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leiona has been recorded 21 times among girls since 2005, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2024.
- #45,467 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leiona ranks #45,467 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #45,467 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leiona's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leiona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leiona's full recorded timeline at 2023, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leiona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Leiona by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Leiona's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Leiona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leiona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2005–2024 (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 Leiona 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.