Girls' name · since 2001
Leyan
145 babies named Leyan in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,463 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leyan is the #11463 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 145 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leyan has been recorded 145 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #11463 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #23,133 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,463 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 145 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leyan ranks #23,133 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,463 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 145 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,463 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leyan's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leyan compares
145 31st 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
Leyan's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leyan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 145 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leyan's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leyan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Leyan popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 2025 (Leyan as boys' name)
Leyan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (66 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Leyan's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Leyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 66 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leyan's data
- Leyan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (66 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leyan: 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 (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Leyan 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.