Leana
- #2,410 for girls in 2025, 74 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,968since 1880
Leana over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leana has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,410 | 74 |
| 2024 | #2,118 | 90 |
| 2023 | #2,442 | 73 |
| 2022 | #2,463 | 73 |
| 2021 | #2,848 | 59 |
| 2020 | #2,302 | 77 |
| 2019 | #2,451 | 72 |
| 2018 | #2,810 | 60 |
| 2017 | #2,432 | 74 |
| 2016 | #2,667 | 65 |
| 2015 | #2,524 | 71 |
| 2014 | #2,176 | 87 |
| 2013 | #2,083 | 92 |
| 2012 | #2,474 | 74 |
| 2011 | #2,395 | 77 |
| 2010 | #1,992 | 100 |
| 2009 | #2,102 | 96 |
| 2008 | #2,092 | 97 |
| 2007 | #2,568 | 72 |
| 2006 | #2,031 | 97 |
| 2005 | #2,030 | 92 |
| 2004 | #2,589 | 64 |
| 2003 | #2,144 | 81 |
| 2002 | #2,158 | 77 |
| 2001 | #2,540 | 60 |
| 2000 | #2,236 | 70 |
| 1999 | #2,343 | 63 |
| 1998 | #2,244 | 63 |
| 1997 | #2,070 | 68 |
| 1996 | #2,014 | 69 |
| 1995 | #2,244 | 59 |
| 1994 | #2,295 | 57 |
| 1993 | #2,289 | 56 |
| 1992 | #2,010 | 68 |
| 1991 | #1,979 | 70 |
| 1990 | #1,828 | 78 |
| 1989 | #1,943 | 66 |
| 1988 | #1,822 | 68 |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 |
| 1986 | #2,195 | 47 |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 |
| 1984 | #1,922 | 54 |
| 1983 | #2,595 | 34 |
| 1982 | #2,115 | 48 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 |
| 1980 | #2,014 | 52 |
| 1979 | #2,147 | 46 |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 |
| 1976 | #2,027 | 43 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 |
| 1918 | #1,277 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #805 | 20 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leana was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leana is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- New Jersey#1,168 · 1 in 7,100
- Florida#1,685 · 1 in 12,395
- Texas#1,902 · 1 in 14,595
- California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103
Best ever in a state: #260 in Louisiana, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #1,168 | 5 | 1 in 7,100 |
| Florida | #1,685 | 7 | 1 in 12,395 |
| Texas | #1,902 | 11 | 1 in 14,595 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 108 spots since 2020 (#2,302 → #2,410)
- 114 spots since 2015 (#2,524 → #2,410)
- Biggest jump: 332 spots in 1904
- Biggest drop: 959 spots in 1911
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #738 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1888–1889
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,768
- Highest: 1 in 13,768 girls born in 1904 were named Leana (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,720 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #738 in 1880, was only 1 in 15,166 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 16.2% of all girls named Leana (806) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #738 (1880) | #882 |
| 1890s | 57 | #999 (1896) | #1,306 |
| 1900s | 118 | #805 (1904) | #1,180 |
| 1910s | 192 | #997 (1910) | #1,576 |
| 1920s | 194 | #1,430 (1922) | #2,060 |
| 1930s | 131 | #1,803 (1931) | #2,437 |
| 1940s | 163 | #1,882 (1941) | #2,338 |
| 1950s | 235 | #1,861 (1952) | #2,241 |
| 1960s | 247 | #1,981 (1963) | #2,498 |
| 1970s | 398 | #1,669 (1978) | #2,195 |
| 1980s | 514 | #1,822 (1988) | #2,115 |
| 1990s | 651 | #1,828 (1990) | #2,132 |
| 2000s | 806 | #2,030 (2005) | #2,249 |
| 2010s | 772 | #1,992 (2010) | #2,400 |
| 2020s | 446 | #2,118 (2024) | #2,431 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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