Leann

#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #4,961
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1968 · 620 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
24,356
since 1925

Leann over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leann has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #358, 1968girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#4,17234—
2024#3,75840—
2023#4,65529—
2022#3,70341—
2021#3,49144—
2020#2,93155—
2019#2,72962—
2018#3,10752—
2017#3,05353—
2016#2,59468—
2015#2,29481—
2014#1,908105—
2013#1,900105—
2012#1,719120—
2011#1,708122—
2010#1,720121—
2009#1,676133—
2008#1,547149—
2007#1,560145—
2006#1,366168—
2005#1,333164—
2004#1,314162—
2003#1,154187—
2002#1,129184—
2001#1,025210—
2000#975217—
1999#838258—
1998#622381—
1997#686315—
1996#995189—
1995#1,063168—
1994#961193—
1993#930203—
1992#813247—
1991#787260—
1990#693306—
1989#610348—
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1986#522394—
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1984#474435—
1983#462440—
1982#432506—
1981#475446#4,9617
1980#442484—
1979#430482—
1978#550321—
1977#519359—
1976#514346—
1975#504354—
1974#493356—
1973#461397—
1972#452413—
1971#403532—
1970#403580—
1969#367636—
1968#358620—
1967#368600—
1966#361635—
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1964#394607—
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1962#399577—
1961#415549—
1960#396580—
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1955#469375—
1954#514299—
1953#520271—
1952#625198—
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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five girls were named Leann! It came in at #4,973, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1925–1928, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Leann is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedNHWashington: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,420 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,259 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,922 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,129 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,079 girlsMINew York: #1,064 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 9,918 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedSDIowa: #274 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,723 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedINOhio: #384 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,924 girlsOHPennsylvania: #551 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,734 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #951 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 8,173 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedUTColorado: #525 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,471 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedNEMissouri: #518 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,060 girlsMOKentucky: #271 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,788 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedWVVirginia: #787 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,379 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedDEArizona: #745 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,160 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedNMKansas: #351 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,228 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #510 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,985 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #608 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,175 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedALGeorgia: #838 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,976 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Leann, so not publishedHITexas: #798 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 6,200 girlsTXFlorida: #1,036 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,545 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#271 · 1 in 1,788
  2. Iowa#274 · 1 in 1,723
  3. Kansas#351 · 1 in 2,228
  4. Ohio#384 · 1 in 2,924
  5. North Carolina#510 · 1 in 3,985

Best ever in a state: #78 in North Dakota, 1966.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#271121 in 1,788
Iowa#27491 in 1,723
Kansas#35161 in 2,228
Ohio#384241 in 2,924
North Carolina#510101 in 3,985
Missouri#51881 in 4,060
Colorado#52561 in 3,471
Pennsylvania#551151 in 4,734
Louisiana#60861 in 4,175
Washington#61871 in 4,420
Arizona#74551 in 5,160
Virginia#78751 in 7,379
Texas#798221 in 6,200
Georgia#83861 in 6,976
California#951321 in 8,173
Florida#1,03681 in 9,545
New York#1,064121 in 9,918
Michigan#1,12951 in 12,079
Illinois#1,25961 in 12,922
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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.

See more about Leann
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 414 spots since 2024 (#3,758 → #4,172)
  • 1,241 spots since 2020 (#2,931 → #4,172)
  • 1,878 spots since 2015 (#2,294 → #4,172)
  • Biggest jump: 309 spots in 1997 (#995 → #686)
  • Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1999 (#622 → #838)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1968 at #358 (620 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1944–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,646
  • Highest: 1 in 2,646 girls born in 1968 were named Leann (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 24.9% of all girls named Leann (6,057) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s17#3,682 (1929)#4,502
1930s221#1,039 (1939)#2,012
1940s817#675 (1949)#933
1950s3,411#402 (1957)#514
1960s6,057#358 (1968)#381
1970s4,140#403 (1970)#473
1980s4,322#432 (1982)#493
1990s2,520#622 (1998)#839
2000s1,719#975 (2000)#1,308
2010s889#1,708 (2011)#2,273
2020s243#2,931 (2020)#3,785

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.

Leann in 1991

girls
#787
260 births · 1 in 7,212 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #787Leann260
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 7,212 of them was named Leann, which outranked 94.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leann
  1. #783Janay261
  2. #783Lauryn261
  3. #783Lyndsay261
  4. #787Leann260
  5. #787Mariela260
  6. #789Breann259
  7. #789Darcy259
  8. #789Estefania259

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →