girl's name

Leighanne

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Births on record 1,716

Ireland

#587

1993 births

Leighanne is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1989, when 48 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1956.

Leighanne over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

403
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Leighanne by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 12
1960s 114
1970s 209
1980s 403
1990s 307
2000s 157
2010s 79
2020s (to 2024) 32

How popular is Leighanne?

In 2024, Leighanne was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Leighanne is used

Ireland #587 3 in 1993
Scotland as Leigh-Anne #623 3 in 1999
Canada as Leigh-Anne #2,430 5 in 1993
England & Wales #6,398 3 in 2006
United States #13,243 7 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Leighanne is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Leigh-Anne Leigh-Anne is Leighanne written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. 238

Names that peaked alongside Leighanne

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Leighanne also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Leighanne over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Leighanne

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Leighanne — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Leighanne

How popular is the name Leighanne?

In 2024, Leighanne was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Leighanne a girl's or a boy's name?

Leighanne is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Leighanne most popular?

Leighanne peaked in 1989, when 48 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.