Leighanna

Gender: Girl
Say it: lee-AN-a
Origin: Modern
US rank, 2025: #10,913 for girls

Leighanna is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “meadow + grace”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Leighanna mean?

Modern: blend of Leigh and Anna

“meadow + grace”

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

Leighanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Leighanna in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 5 girls.

1996Busiest: 5 in 20072024

Leighanna in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2024	3	#5,966
2023	0	–
2022	0	–
2021	0	–
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	0	–
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	4	#4,951
2014	0	–
2013	1	#7,690
2012	0	–
2011	0	–
2010	0	–
2009	4	#4,795
2008	0	–
2007	5	#3,858
2006	0	–
2005	0	–
2004	1	#6,173
2003	4	#3,768
2002	0	–
2001	3	#4,156
2000	1	#5,280
1999	0	–
1998	0	–
1997	0	–
1996	4	#3,289

How popular is Leighanna in the US?

Rank in 2025: 10,913th among girls
Babies in 2025: 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling down 50% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Leighanna, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Leighanna than any year since 1976.

Half of all the girls named Leighanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 655 girls in the US were given Leighanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #483, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.

Leanna 300
Lianna 216
Leana 74
Leeanna 28
Leighana 12
Leeana 11
Leighanna 8
Leannah 6

1973Busiest: 48 in 20082025

Leighanna in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	8	#10,913
2024	11	#8,941
2023	17	#6,675
2022	19	#6,224
2021	11	#8,973
2020	24	#5,165
2019	30	#4,545
2018	18	#6,517
2017	34	#4,219
2016	41	#3,707
2015	30	#4,583
2014	36	#4,101
2013	32	#4,420
2012	36	#4,119
2011	30	#4,680
2010	39	#3,888
2009	31	#4,676
2008	48	#3,419
2007	23	#5,891
2006	33	#4,357
2005	34	#4,114
2004	30	#4,488
2003	34	#3,942
2002	33	#3,885
2001	24	#4,829
2000	23	#4,976
1999	25	#4,440
1998	15	#6,355
1997	23	#4,505
1996	26	#4,054
1995	23	#4,343
1994	36	#3,163
1993	25	#4,095
1992	27	#3,860
1991	30	#3,534
1990	33	#3,292
1989	37	#2,925
1988	30	#3,220
1987	13	#5,608
1986	16	#4,721
1985	20	#3,982
1984	15	#4,736
1983	12	#5,456
1982	10	#6,369
1981	13	#5,253
1980	12	#5,543
1979	10	#6,188
1978	10	#5,957
1977	10	#5,886
1976	8	#6,609
1975	0	–
1974	0	–
1973	7	#6,664

Nicknames for Leighanna

Leigh

Names like Leighanna

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Kiara, Keira, Brianna, Sienna, Cassidy, Kiana, Kianna, Eden, Caoimhe, Nevaeh, Fiona, Orla

Other spellings of Leighanna

Leanna, Lianna, Leana, Leeanna, Leighana, Leeana, Leannah

Names related to Leighanna

Leigh-Ann, Leigh-Anne, Leighanne, Leighann

More Modern names

Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn

Every Modern name

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, “Leighanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leighanna, updated 20 October 2026.