Leighton
Leighton is ranked 395th among girls in 2024 (797 births). Its best rank was 357th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #395down 38 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7970.05% of girls
- Peak year
- 2023853 births
- Best rank
- #357in 2023
- Since 1956
- 20,720people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,519 girls have been named Leighton in the United States since 1956, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 853 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 54%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Leighton is used for both sexes: 44% of its bearers are boys (9,201), most of them born around 2019.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Leighton was the 357th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Leighton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ahanapeak 2024
- Seraphinapeak 2024
- Aizapeak 2022
- Phoenyxpeak 2020
- Aaryapeak 2020
- Emeripeak 2023
- Gemmapeak 2023
- Lynnleepeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.