girl's name
Leanne
lee-ANN
- Origin English
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 48,827
Canada
#418
2024 births
Leanne is a British and Irish name far more than an American one — England peaked at 616 births, Scotland 287 and Ireland 201, against an American high of 801 in a vastly larger population.
- Leanne is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 1969, when 801 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 46,696 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1929.
Leanne over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 7 |
| 1930s | 313 |
| 1940s | 1,160 |
| 1950s | 3,587 |
| 1960s | 7,066 |
| 1970s | 5,063 |
| 1980s | 5,770 |
| 1990s | 3,433 |
| 2000s | 1,609 |
| 2010s | 1,180 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 444 |
What Leanne means
Leanne joins Lee to Anne, so it means the woodland clearing and grace. It is a modern compound rather than an inherited name, and both halves are transparent.
Where Leanne comes from
Leanne compounds Lee with Anne — Lee from the Old English leah, a woodland clearing, and Anne from the Hebrew Hannah, grace or favor. The construction is twentieth-century and English, belonging with Roseanne, Julianne and Marianne. A competing account reads it as a French Liane, a climbing vine, which would make it a single word rather than a compound and is much less likely for English-language use.
Leanne in use
Leanne peaked in the United States in 1969, when 801 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. Its British and Irish peaks are far larger relative to population — 616 births in England and Wales in 1996, 287 in Scotland in 1979 and 201 in Ireland in 1991. It now ranks 1016th in France on 40 births, 2136th in England and Wales on 14 and 2513th in the United States on 71, across 48,827 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track.
How popular is Leanne?
In 2025, Leanne was given to 71 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Leanne is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Leanne is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Léanne | Léanne is Leanne written with an acute accent in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #1,016 in France, against #7,480 for Leanne. | 1,460 |
Names that peaked alongside Leanne
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Leanne also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Leanne over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Leanne in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Leanne
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Leanne — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Leanne
What does the name Leanne mean?
Lee joined to Anne — a woodland clearing, and grace.
Is it French?
A French Liane, a climbing vine, is proposed but is much less likely for English use.
Where is Leanne strongest?
England, Scotland and Ireland, all far above the American figure relative to population.
How popular is Leanne?
2136th in England and Wales and 2513th in the United States.
Is Leanne a girl's or a boy's name?
Leanne is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Leanne a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Leanne currently ranks #418 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.