Leighann
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lee-AN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Leighann is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “meadow + grace”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Leighann mean?
Modern: blend of Leigh and Ann
“meadow + grace”
Is Leighann a girl's or a boy's name?
Leighann is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leighann in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 8 girls.
Leighann in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Leighann in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Leighann, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Leighann than any year since 1958.
Half of all the girls named Leighann in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were given Leighann or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,145, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Leighann in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 45 | #3,362 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 61 | #2,551 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,782 |
| 1996 | 62 | #2,174 |
| 1995 | 67 | #2,023 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,836 |
| 1993 | 106 | #1,493 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,100 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 84 | #1,729 |
| 1989 | 105 | #1,411 |
| 1988 | 100 | #1,399 |
| 1987 | 113 | #1,249 |
| 1986 | 119 | #1,187 |
| 1985 | 100 | #1,323 |
| 1984 | 91 | #1,332 |
| 1983 | 104 | #1,220 |
| 1982 | 101 | #1,268 |
| 1981 | 103 | #1,253 |
| 1980 | 112 | #1,189 |
| 1979 | 74 | #1,555 |
| 1978 | 69 | #1,569 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,922 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,278 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,961 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,171 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,674 |
| 1971 | 56 | #1,640 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,736 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,609 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,678 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,682 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,210 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
Nicknames for Leighann
Names like Leighann
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Eden Caitlin Teagan Raegan Cassidy Caoimhe Aoibheann Caragh Ffion Kiara Tegan
Other spellings of Leighann
Names related to Leighann
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Leighann: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leighann, updated 20 October 2026.