Leiana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-AH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,998 for girls
Leiana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).
Where does Leiana come from?
Modern: modern coinage in a Hawaiian style, perhaps from Leilani or Liana
Is Leiana a girl's or a boy's name?
Leiana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 55 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leiana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Leiana, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Leiana of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Leiana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Leiana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Leiana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,998th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Leiana, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Leiana in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 226 girls in the US were given Leiana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #981, up from #2,998 for this spelling alone.
Leiana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,998 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,141 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Leiana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna, Lyra, Maeva, Kiara, Myla, Layla, Luna, Lyla, Orla, Liyana, Eliana, Arabella
Other spellings of Leiana
Names related to Leiana
Lana, Liana, Lian, Liyanah, Leanna, Lianna, Laina, Leana, Leiani
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Leiana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leiana, updated 20 October 2026.