Leighana
- #8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 359since 1984
Leighana over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leighana has never cracked the top 5,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
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| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
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| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
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| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
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| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
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| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
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| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
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First appearance
1984
The first year at least five girls were named Leighana! It came in at #6,291, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leighana is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Leighana in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 3,799 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #8,362)
- 5,091 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #8,362)
- 749 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #8,362)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1984
- Peaked 2012 at #5,710 (23 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 76,568
- Highest: 1 in 76,568 girls born in 2012 were named Leighana (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 42.6% of all girls named Leighana (153) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16 | #6,291 (1984) | #8,058 |
| 1990s | 56 | #7,514 (1995) | #10,055 |
| 2000s | 82 | #7,742 (2008) | #11,294 |
| 2010s | 153 | #5,710 (2012) | #7,661 |
| 2020s | 52 | #8,362 (2025) | #11,009 |
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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