How Many People Are Named Leighana?
An estimated 342 people in the United States have the first name Leighana. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Leighana peaked in popularity in 2012 with 23 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Leighana as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Leighana paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
342
About 1 in 1,002,206 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2012
23 births
Total Registered
347
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Leighana
Leighana is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 347 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Leighana as a female name
Ranked #12,846 in 2024
7 female births in 2024
Peak: 2012 (23 births)
Leighana: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Leighana span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 153 babies were registered. Leighana has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Leighana by Decade
How has Leighana tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Leighana + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Leighana as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Leighana
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Leighana: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Leighana?
We estimate approximately 342 people named Leighana are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,002,206 Americans share this first name.
Is Leighana a common name?
Leighana is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 347 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Leighana most popular?
Leighana reached peak popularity in 2012, when 23 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Leighana is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Leighana a female name?
Leighana is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Leighana Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Leighana Smith, Leighana Johnson, Leighana Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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