How rare is the name Leighann?

5,110 people in the United States have the first name Leighann, about 1 in 59,106. It ranks #3,852 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEIGHANN

#3,852

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,110
About
1 in 59,106
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,110 people named Leighann, 85.6% reported their origin as White, 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leighann peaked in 1986, when 119 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
1986
Births that year
119
In 2025*
6 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,441 babies have been given the name since 1956. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Leighann by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,122. The largest share of babies named Leighann, 42.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#11,06318
1960s#3,342324
1970s#2,937508
1980s#2,1221,048
1990s#3,292731
2000s#5,926432
2010s#8,075296
2020s#13,06784
Baby boom 1946–644.3%
Generation X 1965–8023.6%
Millennials 1981–9642.9%
Generation Z 1997–1221.5%
2013 and later7.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Leighann is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leighann has been most common in New Jersey (2.8×), Pennsylvania (2.5×), and Florida (2.5×), and least common in North Carolina (1.2×).

1,095 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Leighann

#3,850 Aydan · 5,112#3,851 Varun · 5,111#3,853 Eboni · 5,109#3,854 Kalen · 5,108

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leighann, most common first.

#7,476 Leighanne · 2,039#12,090 Leighanna · 1,041#29,770 Leighana · 296#49,509 Leighan · 125

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