Leana

Leana was the #2,410 girls' name in the US in 2025 (74 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #750 in Canada.

Leana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Leana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,410 (74)#3,035 (8)#397 (3)—#750 (39)
2024#2,118 (90)#2,772 (9)——#631 (46)
2023#2,442 (73)#2,201 (12)——#505 (58)
2022#2,463 (73)#2,674 (9)——#548 (52)
2021#2,848 (59)#4,634 (4)——#477 (63)
2020#2,302 (77)#2,843 (8)——#519 (57)
2019#2,451 (72)#2,286 (11)——#643 (47)
2018#2,810 (60)#3,985 (5)——#632 (47)
2017#2,432 (74)#4,063 (5)—#734 (4)#465 (70)
2016#2,667 (65)#2,966 (8)——#646 (46)
2015#2,524 (71)#2,945 (8)——#820 (33)
2014#2,176 (87)#4,003 (5)——#602 (51)
2013#2,083 (92)#4,739 (4)——#918 (29)
2012#2,474 (74)#2,521 (10)——#660 (44)
2011#2,395 (77)#4,764 (4)—#612 (6)#840 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1904 at #805.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leana is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Leana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#21727

Leana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeanaCanadaGirls#75039
LeanaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
LeanaIrelandGirls—too few
LéanaIrelandGirls—too few
LeanaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
LeanaUSGirls#2,41074