Leianna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-AH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Leianna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
Where does Leianna come from?
Modern: spelling of Leiana; modern coinage in a Hawaiian style, perhaps from Leilani or Liana
Meaning borrowed from Leiana.
Is Leianna a girl's or a boy's name?
Leianna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leianna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Leianna, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Leianna in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 226 girls in the US were given Leianna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #981, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.
Leianna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Leianna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Brynlee, Lyanna, Kiara, Teagan, Sienna, Briella, Kianna, Fiona, Brianna, Braelynn, Kennedy
Other spellings of Leianna
Names related to Leianna
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Leianna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leianna, updated 20 October 2026.