How popular is the name Leanne?

Leanne ranks 734th among girls' names in US records, with 29,700 births since 1929. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,022.

Is Leanne a unisex name?

No. Leanne is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1969, when 801 children were given the name. It has been in use for 96 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Leannie, Leanni. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#734 of girl names

Pronounced L IY1 N N AY1 (ARPABET)

Leanne is a girls' name, and first appears in 1929. It has been given to 29,700 children — the 734th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 25% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1969, when 801 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Leannie and Leanni — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Leanne and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Leanne?: Leanne ranks 734th among girls' names in US records, with 29,700 births since 1929. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,022.
Is Leanne a unisex name?: No. Leanne is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Leanne most popular?: 1969, when 801 children were given the name. It has been in use for 96 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Leanne spelled?: Leannie, Leanni. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.