Girls' name · peaked in 1968

Leann name popularity since 1925

24,363 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Leann. Half of them were born in 1973 or earlier, so the typical Leann is about 53 years old in 2026. Leann peaked in 1968 as the #358 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 24,363; Named Leann, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1968; #358 for girls that year
Typical age: About 53; Median birth year 1973
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #4,232 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 100.0% girls; 24,356 girls · 7 boys
Most popular in: Iowa; 3.40× its national share

Peak year is the year Leann made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Leann births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1963. Measured as a share of all babies, Leann peaked in 1968.

Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Leann became 2.4× more common, from 1 in 9,370 baby girls to 1 in 3,920.
Steepest fall: Between 1988 and 1993, its share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 4,160 to 1 in 8,910.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Leann's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Leann.

Decade by decade

Babies named Leann in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	17	0	–
1930s	221	0	#1,585
1940s	817	0	#961
1950s	3,411	0	#470
1960s	6,057	0	#368
1970s	4,140	0	#505
1980s	4,322	7	#478
1990s	2,520	0	#1,064
2000s	1,719	0	#1,339
2010s	889	0	#2,305
2020–25	243	0	#4,232

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

31.7% of babies named Leann from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Leann is most popular

The index compares Leann's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Leann.

State	Index	Babies
Iowa	3.40×	900
Minnesota	3.09×	1,174
Nebraska	2.85×	416
Utah	2.38×	422
Oregon	2.04×	398

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Leann and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Leann (this page)	24,356	1968
Leanne	29,627	1969

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Leann's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Leann.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Leann (1968).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data