Meaning not yet researched.
Leighton: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 892 in 2025. Its best rank was #342 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 81% of babies named Leighton in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#342 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Leighton: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 892 girls in 2025. Peak: #342 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 892 (2025).
In 2025, 892 US girls were named Leighton, making it the 342nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 55 places from #397 in 2024. That is 95 more than the 797 girls named Leighton in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #342, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 892. For comparison, it was #475 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 207 US boys were named Leighton, making it the 1,057th most common boys’ name of the year, down 13 places from #1,044 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 213 boys named Leighton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #692, reached in 2019. That year also had the most boys given the name: 366. For comparison, it was #866 in 2015 and #1,096 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Leighton in 123 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1893 with 5 babies. In all, 21,823 US babies have been given the name, 57% of them girls and 43% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 8,650 babies named Leighton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,874 US girls were named Leighton; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 892. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,802 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Leighton ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #108 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Leightyn and Leightan 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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Leightyn (296), Leightan (5).
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 Leighton 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 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 20 | #108 | #211 |
| Oklahoma | 29 | #125 | #375 |
| Montana | 8 | #130 | — |
| Tennessee | 51 | #146 | #394 |
| Mississippi | 16 | #159 | #538 |
| Maine | 7 | #161 | — |
| West Virginia | 10 | #168 | #384 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #178 | — |
| Arkansas | 17 | #183 | #423 |
| Minnesota | 29 | #189 | #271 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #192 | — |
| Alabama | 22 | #208 | #188 |
| Wisconsin | 26 | #219 | #554 |
| North Carolina | 47 | #231 | #585 |
| Louisiana | 19 | #236 | #342 |
| Kansas | 13 | #245 | #281 |
| Indiana | 29 | #249 | #462 |
| Kentucky | 18 | #252 | #280 |
| Michigan | 35 | #264 | #410 |
| Iowa | 13 | #266 | #391 |
| Idaho | 8 | #294 | #411 |
| Georgia | 35 | #298 | #325 |
| Colorado | 20 | #312 | #430 |
| Missouri | 19 | #321 | #456 |
| Texas | 91 | #379 | #394 |
| Virginia | 21 | #392 | #335 |
| Ohio | 27 | #424 | #448 |
| Arizona | 16 | #435 | #521 |
| Maryland | 12 | #448 | #607 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #453 | #289 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | #458 | #698 |
| Florida | 38 | #486 | #409 |
| Oregon | 7 | #523 | #754 |
| Illinois | 18 | #558 | #593 |
| Utah | 7 | #573 | #670 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #642 | #1,013 |
| California | 46 | #679 | #879 |
| Washington | 8 | #778 | #401 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #830 | #465 |
| New York | 17 | #928 | #990 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 892 | #342 | 207 | #1,057 |
| 2024 | 797 | #397 | 213 | #1,044 |
| 2023 | 853 | #357 | 232 | #968 |
| 2022 | 842 | #376 | 302 | #823 |
| 2021 | 825 | #379 | 281 | #848 |
| 2020 | 777 | #401 | 327 | #743 |
| 2019 | 752 | #420 | 366 | #692 |
| 2018 | 712 | #449 | 269 | #830 |
| 2017 | 668 | #468 | 238 | #903 |
| 2016 | 756 | #430 | 268 | #842 |
| 2015 | 680 | #475 | 261 | #866 |
| 2014 | 568 | #544 | 241 | #896 |
| 2013 | 546 | #545 | 184 | #1,045 |
| 2012 | 521 | #565 | 184 | #1,045 |
| 2011 | 549 | #527 | 218 | #923 |
| 2010 | 452 | #648 | 217 | #930 |
| 2009 | 431 | #676 | 175 | #1,069 |
| 2008 | 213 | #1,196 | 159 | #1,144 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,231 | 140 | #1,259 |
| 2006 | 37 | #4,050 | 146 | #1,158 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,848 | 128 | #1,238 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,343 | 99 | #1,430 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,369 | 118 | #1,230 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,234 | 128 | #1,126 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,069 | 110 | #1,219 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,562 | 102 | #1,277 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,609 | 106 | #1,207 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,462 | 107 | #1,170 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,909 | 91 | #1,270 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,476 | 111 | #1,090 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,167 | 90 | #1,228 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,185 | 98 | #1,149 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,254 | 91 | #1,175 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,886 | 115 | #1,022 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,211 | 78 | #1,269 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,782 | 71 | #1,323 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,437 | 77 | #1,225 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,867 | 61 | #1,324 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,727 | 49 | #1,477 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,455 | 50 | #1,411 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,845 | 53 | #1,324 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,817 | 52 | #1,286 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,207 | 57 | #1,210 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,467 | 53 | #1,285 |
| 1981 | — | — | 56 | #1,231 |
| 1980 | — | — | 41 | #1,511 |
| 1979 | — | — | 58 | #1,199 |
| 1978 | — | — | 43 | #1,424 |
| 1977 | — | — | 31 | #1,727 |
| 1976 | — | — | 41 | #1,401 |
| 1975 | — | — | 43 | #1,333 |
| 1974 | — | — | 41 | #1,344 |
| 1973 | — | — | 40 | #1,322 |
| 1972 | — | — | 33 | #1,490 |
| 1971 | — | — | 34 | #1,485 |
| 1970 | — | — | 25 | #1,770 |
| 1969 | — | — | 39 | #1,272 |
| 1968 | — | — | 34 | #1,331 |
| 1967 | — | — | 27 | #1,493 |
| 1966 | — | — | 27 | #1,495 |
| 1965 | — | — | 19 | #1,841 |
| 1964 | — | — | 21 | #1,772 |
| 1963 | — | — | 40 | #1,235 |
| 1962 | — | — | 38 | #1,267 |
| 1961 | — | — | 26 | #1,588 |
| 1960 | — | — | 37 | #1,311 |
| 1959 | — | — | 28 | #1,516 |
| 1958 | — | — | 25 | #1,574 |
| 1957 | — | — | 31 | #1,422 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,649 | 47 | #1,114 |
| 1955 | — | — | 40 | #1,193 |
| 1954 | — | — | 42 | #1,158 |
| 1953 | — | — | 42 | #1,146 |
| 1952 | — | — | 48 | #1,051 |
| 1951 | — | — | 38 | #1,184 |
| 1950 | — | — | 42 | #1,096 |
| 1949 | — | — | 41 | #1,105 |
| 1948 | — | — | 34 | #1,245 |
| 1947 | — | — | 36 | #1,225 |
| 1946 | — | — | 53 | #918 |
| 1945 | — | — | 45 | #963 |
| 1944 | — | — | 47 | #940 |
| 1943 | — | — | 43 | #1,031 |
| 1942 | — | — | 47 | #979 |
| 1941 | — | — | 37 | #1,082 |
| 1940 | — | — | 40 | #1,028 |
| 1939 | — | — | 33 | #1,133 |
| 1938 | — | — | 40 | #1,020 |
| 1937 | — | — | 26 | #1,329 |
| 1936 | — | — | 35 | #1,111 |
| 1935 | — | — | 30 | #1,240 |
| 1934 | — | — | 33 | #1,162 |
| 1933 | — | — | 26 | #1,320 |
| 1932 | — | — | 38 | #1,104 |
| 1931 | — | — | 45 | #991 |
| 1930 | — | — | 43 | #1,063 |
| 1929 | — | — | 42 | #1,068 |
| 1928 | — | — | 40 | #1,116 |
| 1927 | — | — | 36 | #1,216 |
| 1926 | — | — | 36 | #1,206 |
| 1925 | — | — | 44 | #1,051 |
| 1924 | — | — | 49 | #1,011 |
| 1923 | — | — | 58 | #901 |
| 1922 | — | — | 45 | #1,051 |
| 1921 | — | — | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1920 | — | — | 42 | #1,100 |
| 1919 | — | — | 31 | #1,286 |
| 1918 | — | — | 44 | #1,025 |
| 1917 | — | — | 40 | #1,056 |
| 1916 | — | — | 31 | #1,192 |
| 1915 | — | — | 27 | #1,287 |
| 1914 | — | — | 29 | #1,065 |
| 1913 | — | — | 17 | #1,290 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,046 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,343 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,221 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #858 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,153 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,247 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #997 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,229 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,178 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,125 |
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).