Meaning not yet researched.
Leanna: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 300 in 2025. Its best rank was #384 in 1989.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #384 in 1989; #890 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Leanna in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#890 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1989, at #384.
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Leanna: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 300 girls in 2025. Peak: #384 in 1989 · most girls in one year: 675 (1990).
In 2025, 300 US girls were named Leanna, making it the 890th most common girls’ name of the year, up 15 places from #905 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 293 girls named Leanna in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #384, reached in 1989. The most girls given the name in a single year was 675, in 1990. For comparison, it was #761 in 2015 and #667 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Leanna in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 7 babies with the name. In all, 25,937 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 4,820 babies named Leanna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,120 US girls were named Leanna; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 384. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,358 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Leanna ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #424 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lena (146,805 babies since 1880), Leona (113,624 babies since 1880), Liana (20,666 babies since 1880) and Lianna (6,434 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Leianna, Leannah and Leyanna are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Leianna (853), Leannah (302), Leyanna (285), Liahna (222), Liyanna (160), Leahanna (119), Liannah (97), Lihanna (66), Leahana (37), Lehanna (23), Leahnna (12), Lyannah (11), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Leanna in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #424 | #567 |
| Ohio | 22 | #495 | #558 |
| Missouri | 11 | #541 | #801 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #595 | — |
| California | 49 | #639 | #637 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #735 | #973 |
| Indiana | 8 | #768 | #1,194 |
| New Jersey | 9 | #810 | #563 |
| Colorado | 6 | #856 | — |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #859 | — |
| Michigan | 8 | #915 | #646 |
| Maryland | 5 | #931 | #550 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #946 | #787 |
| Arizona | 6 | #983 | #626 |
| Texas | 29 | #995 | #1,048 |
| Florida | 15 | #1,034 | #849 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,063 | #1,177 |
| New York | 13 | #1,125 | #452 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,162 | #811 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,186 | #1,124 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,297 | #761 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 300 | #890 | — | — |
| 2024 | 293 | #905 | — | — |
| 2023 | 260 | #986 | — | — |
| 2022 | 287 | #947 | — | — |
| 2021 | 295 | #912 | — | — |
| 2020 | 302 | #885 | — | — |
| 2019 | 313 | #856 | — | — |
| 2018 | 331 | #819 | — | — |
| 2017 | 384 | #738 | — | — |
| 2016 | 355 | #804 | — | — |
| 2015 | 371 | #761 | — | — |
| 2014 | 386 | #725 | — | — |
| 2013 | 408 | #693 | — | — |
| 2012 | 375 | #741 | — | — |
| 2011 | 409 | #687 | — | — |
| 2010 | 406 | #707 | — | — |
| 2009 | 406 | #710 | — | — |
| 2008 | 410 | #727 | — | — |
| 2007 | 391 | #746 | — | — |
| 2006 | 369 | #752 | — | — |
| 2005 | 361 | #747 | — | — |
| 2004 | 346 | #755 | — | — |
| 2003 | 365 | #714 | — | — |
| 2002 | 371 | #678 | — | — |
| 2001 | 400 | #626 | — | — |
| 2000 | 414 | #614 | — | — |
| 1999 | 372 | #635 | — | — |
| 1998 | 428 | #575 | — | — |
| 1997 | 457 | #524 | — | — |
| 1996 | 453 | #521 | — | — |
| 1995 | 427 | #551 | — | — |
| 1994 | 440 | #550 | — | — |
| 1993 | 460 | #526 | — | — |
| 1992 | 510 | #485 | — | — |
| 1991 | 598 | #426 | — | — |
| 1990 | 675 | #389 | — | — |
| 1989 | 659 | #384 | — | — |
| 1988 | 504 | #450 | — | — |
| 1987 | 332 | #589 | 5 | #7,654 |
| 1986 | 323 | #598 | — | — |
| 1985 | 339 | #576 | — | — |
| 1984 | 330 | #561 | — | — |
| 1983 | 279 | #621 | — | — |
| 1982 | 312 | #584 | — | — |
| 1981 | 307 | #602 | — | — |
| 1980 | 309 | #600 | — | — |
| 1979 | 299 | #602 | — | — |
| 1978 | 250 | #650 | — | — |
| 1977 | 241 | #663 | — | — |
| 1976 | 202 | #727 | — | — |
| 1975 | 203 | #726 | — | — |
| 1974 | 198 | #725 | — | — |
| 1973 | 201 | #720 | — | — |
| 1972 | 218 | #680 | — | — |
| 1971 | 216 | #707 | — | — |
| 1970 | 233 | #681 | — | — |
| 1969 | 214 | #680 | — | — |
| 1968 | 206 | #676 | — | — |
| 1967 | 190 | #709 | — | — |
| 1966 | 187 | #722 | — | — |
| 1965 | 190 | #719 | — | — |
| 1964 | 172 | #793 | — | — |
| 1963 | 194 | #738 | — | — |
| 1962 | 196 | #737 | — | — |
| 1961 | 171 | #801 | — | — |
| 1960 | 143 | #868 | — | — |
| 1959 | 140 | #875 | — | — |
| 1958 | 173 | #757 | — | — |
| 1957 | 135 | #879 | — | — |
| 1956 | 107 | #984 | — | — |
| 1955 | 105 | #972 | — | — |
| 1954 | 125 | #843 | — | — |
| 1953 | 120 | #852 | — | — |
| 1952 | 125 | #814 | — | — |
| 1951 | 144 | #726 | — | — |
| 1950 | 163 | #667 | — | — |
| 1949 | 115 | #817 | — | — |
| 1948 | 82 | #965 | — | — |
| 1947 | 132 | #745 | — | — |
| 1946 | 107 | #798 | — | — |
| 1945 | 74 | #875 | — | — |
| 1944 | 92 | #798 | — | — |
| 1943 | 85 | #847 | — | — |
| 1942 | 101 | #756 | — | — |
| 1941 | 104 | #692 | — | — |
| 1940 | 79 | #799 | — | — |
| 1939 | 65 | #872 | — | — |
| 1938 | 60 | #920 | — | — |
| 1937 | 67 | #844 | — | — |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 1935 | 46 | #1,027 | — | — |
| 1934 | 49 | #989 | — | — |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,234 | — | — |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,170 | — | — |
| 1931 | 59 | #905 | — | — |
| 1930 | 50 | #1,047 | — | — |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,145 | — | — |
| 1928 | 64 | #932 | — | — |
| 1927 | 77 | #843 | — | — |
| 1926 | 52 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,202 | — | — |
| 1924 | 58 | #1,010 | — | — |
| 1923 | 52 | #1,063 | — | — |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,097 | — | — |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,212 | — | — |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,333 | — | — |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,083 | — | — |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,267 | — | — |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,263 | — | — |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,160 | — | — |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,284 | — | — |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,495 | — | — |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,018 | — | — |
| 1911 | 19 | #1,021 | — | — |
| 1910 | 20 | #988 | — | — |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,254 | — | — |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,171 | — | — |
| 1907 | 26 | #747 | — | — |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,271 | — | — |
| 1905 | 17 | #913 | — | — |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,428 | — | — |
| 1903 | 14 | #952 | — | — |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,101 | — | — |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,280 | — | — |
| 1900 | 19 | #875 | — | — |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,062 | — | — |
| 1898 | 14 | #944 | — | — |
| 1897 | 11 | #1,012 | — | — |
| 1896 | 16 | #828 | — | — |
| 1895 | 17 | #783 | — | — |
| 1894 | 13 | #879 | — | — |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,054 | — | — |
| 1892 | 18 | #699 | — | — |
| 1891 | 12 | #823 | — | — |
| 1890 | 13 | #778 | — | — |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1888 | 14 | #706 | — | — |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,230 | — | — |
| 1886 | 14 | #623 | — | — |
| 1885 | 9 | #778 | — | — |
| 1884 | 8 | #819 | — | — |
| 1883 | 9 | #672 | — | — |
| 1882 | 10 | #619 | — | — |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 | — | — |
| 1880 | 7 | #710 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).