How rare is the name Leighton?

13,417 people in the United States have the first name Leighton, about 1 in 22,511. It ranks #2,032 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEIGHTON

#2,032

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,417
About
1 in 22,511
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,417 people named Leighton, 75.4% reported their origin as White, 8.8% as Black and 5.9% as two or more races. 51.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leighton peaked in 2022, when 1,144 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18932025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
1,144
In 2025*
1,099 ▼4%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 21,823 babies have been given the name since 1893. 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.

Leighton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #612. The largest share of babies named Leighton, 59.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#2,86521
1900s#3,15431
1910s#2,338247
1920s#2,107440
1930s#2,249349
1940s#2,246423
1950s#2,760389
1960s#3,437308
1970s#3,454389
1980s#3,001606
1990s#2,4181,185
2000s#1,9032,237
2010s#7488,650
2020s#6126,548
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.9%
Silent Generation 1928–453.2%
Baby boom 1946–643.3%
Generation X 1965–802.6%
Millennials 1981–966.1%
Generation Z 1997–1222%
2013 and later59.8%

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 Leighton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leighton has been most common in Hawaii (3.4×), Nebraska (2.2×), and Minnesota (1.9×), and least common in Connecticut (0.23×).

16,004 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 Leighton

#2,030 Kiersten · 13,430#2,031 Felicity · 13,421#2,033 Doyle · 13,415#2,034 Kane · 13,411

Also a last name

As a last name, Leighton ranks #4,356 of 156,621, with 7,868 people. See Leighton as a last name

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