Girls' name · since 2007
Leyani
166 babies named Leyani in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,729 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,226 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leyani is the #8226 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 166 recorded since 2007.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leyani has been recorded 166 times among girls since 2007, currently ranked #8226 nationally and more common than 52% of girls, 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 2007 to 2025.
- #21,729 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,226 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 166 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leyani ranks #21,729 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,226 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 166 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,729 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,226 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leyani's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leyani compares
166 33rd 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
Leyani's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leyani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 166 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leyani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leyani splits its recorded history at 2018: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leyani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Leyani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (77 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Leyani's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Leyani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 77 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leyani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Leyani 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.