Leanna

What Leanna means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Leanna yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #760 in 2015 to #890 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Leanna?

US: Falling: down from #760 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2070 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1989, when 659 girls got the name (#384 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 5,358 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 14,071 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (0.56 per 1,000 girls), PA (0.56 per 1,000 girls), OH (0.47 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Leanna is #890 in the US and #1639 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Leanna were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Liana801 US · 150 E&W
• Leona723 US · 52 E&W
• Lianna216 US · 13 E&W
• Luana110 US · 27 E&W
• Leana74 US · 8 E&W
• Leiana55 US · 5 E&W
• Leianna28 US
• Leeanna28 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Leanna

Girls

• Amy#257“beloved”^*
• Elizabeth#17“my God is an oath”^*
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Samantha#151“listener”^*

For a brother

• Charles#48“free man”^*
• Edward#224“wealth, riches + ward, guard”^*
• Derek#284Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 8,365 babies; 1,191 in 2025
• Aaron#80Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1989, with 15,308 babies; 4,041 in 2025
• Jeremy#292Form of Jeremiah, meaning “Yahweh exalt”^*
• James#6“May He Heel”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Leanna’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.