Leannah

#14,170 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Leannah has been given to 302 babies in the U.S. since 1889. In 2025 it ranked #14,170 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Leannah, 2025

1 in 553,000

Leannah over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Leannah: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Leannah means

Leannah is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Leannah is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 302 girls were recorded with the name Leannah between 1889 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2011; its best national rank was #1,388 in 1889.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,676 in 2020 to #14,170 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,828 in 2015 to #14,170 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Leannah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 268,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #14,170; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Leannah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Leannah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Leannahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Leannah was born before 2012 — so the typical Leannah is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 48.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 91.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 297; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 48.3% of all recorded uses (146).

Is Leannah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,285; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,494; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −6,342; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.40×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 31.6%; Peak was 2011 (19)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,388; 1889

Spellings of Leannah

Leannah is not the most common spelling — Hannah is, with 61.7% against Leannah's 0.04%.

Hannah61.7%465,685
Deanna17.8%134,477
Leanne3.9%29,627
Leanna3.4%25,932
Leann3.2%24,356
Jeanna1.2%8,881
Alannah0.98%7,392
Lianna0.85%6,434

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Leannah around the world

Where Leannah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2005–2018
#5,666
in 2018
France
2012–2022
#5,326
in 2022
South Australia
1995–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Leannah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #14,170
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,494
Best rank ever: #1,388; 1889
Peak year: 2011; 19 that year
First recorded: 1889
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 302
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Leannah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Leanah Leanny Leahna Lealani Alonnah Avianah Madinah Leathia Aiyanah Kiannah Aleenah Leanora Leani Leather Elainah Alyanah Alainah Aaminah Aleynah Elyanah Giannah Raynah Leanor Leasha

Sibling names for Leannah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Shyann Halie Sydni Allyssa Sydnie Rhianna Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Jarod Keven

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