Leighton

#342 for girls in 2025, 892 births · #1,056 for boys in 2025, 207 births
Given to girls 56.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
#342
2025 · 892 births
Debut · girls
1956
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,412
since 1956

Leighton over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #692, 2019girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#342892#1,056207
2024#396797#1,042213
2023#357853#966232
2022#376842#820302
2021#379825#845281
2020#401777#743327
2019#420752#692366
2018#449712#830269
2017#468668#901238
2016#430756#842268
2015#470680#864261
2014#544568#893241
2013#544546#1,043184
2012#564521#1,044184
2011#527549#922218
2010#647452#928217
2009#675431#1,063175
2008#1,193213#1,142159
2007#3,21453#1,255140
2006#3,99237#1,154146
2005#3,80938#1,233128
2004#4,28732#1,42599
2003#4,30730#1,230118
2002#4,17930#1,124128
2001#4,02531#1,216110
2000#3,52737#1,271102
1999#3,56934#1,203106
1998#3,42635#1,170107
1997#2,87442#1,26391
1996#3,42933#1,088111
1995#4,09925#1,22190
1994#5,98415#1,14698
1993#10,5887#1,16891
1992#5,71816#1,017115
1991#6,97612#1,26478
1990#9,2478#1,31871
1989#8,0379#1,21977
1988#9,2447#1,31961
1987#7,3539#1,46749
1986#7,1349#1,40350
1985#8,3187#1,32153
1984#9,1446#1,28052
1983#10,2755#1,20557
1982#10,5175#1,27853
1981—#1,22556
1980—#1,49641
1979—#1,19358
1978—#1,41043
1977—#1,70731
1976—#1,39041
1975—#1,32243
1974—#1,33541
1973—#1,31240
1972—#1,47333
1971—#1,46634
1970—#1,74325
1969—#1,26539
1968—#1,31434
1967—#1,47627
1966—#1,48427
1965—#1,80619
1964—#1,72921
1963—#1,22840
1962—#1,25938
1961—#1,57026
1960—#1,29537
1959—#1,50128
1958—#1,55725
1957—#1,41131
1956#5,3256#1,10647
1955—#1,18140
1954—#1,15142
1953—#1,13942
1952—#1,04448
1951—#1,17138
1950—#1,08642
1949—#1,09741
1948—#1,23134
1947—#1,21336
1946—#91153
1945—#96045
1944—#93547
1943—#1,01843
1942—#97047
1941—#1,06637
1940—#1,01940
1939—#1,12033
1938—#1,00940
1937—#1,31326
1936—#1,09535
1935—#1,22630
1934—#1,15033
1933—#1,31026
1932—#1,09038
1931—#98345
1930—#1,05343
1929—#1,05542
1928—#1,11140
1927—#1,19836
1926—#1,19236
1925—#1,04044
1924—#1,00549
1923—#89658
1922—#1,04645
1921—#1,01148
1920—#1,08942
1919—#1,26431
1918—#1,01244
1917—#1,03340
1916—#1,17631
1915—#1,26527
1914—#1,05429
1913—#1,25617
1912—#1,02320
1911—#1,2908
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1909—#1,1557
1908—#82511
1907—#1,0947
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1900—#1,1626
1899—#9286
1898—#1,1215
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1895—#1,0795
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1893—#1,0355
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five girls were named Leighton! It came in at #5,325, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1957–1983, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Leighton
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 54 spots since 2024 (#396 → #342)
  • 59 spots since 2020 (#401 → #342)
  • 128 spots since 2015 (#470 → #342)
  • Biggest jump: 518 spots in 2009 (#1,193 → #675)
  • Biggest drop: 39 spots in 2024 (#357 → #396)
Rise & fade · girls
69 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 2025 at #342 (892 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,802
  • Highest: 1 in 1,802 girls born in 2025 were named Leighton (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 50.0% of all girls named Leighton (6,204) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
  • Mostly boys until 2007, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s6#5,325 (1956)#5,325
1960s0——
1970s0——
1980s57#7,134 (1986)#8,753
1990s227#2,874 (1997)#5,591
2000s932#675 (2009)#3,321
2010s6,204#420 (2019)#506
2020s4,986#342 (2025)#375

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Leighton in 1925

boys
#1,040
44 births · 1 in 25,362 boys

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #1,040Leighton44
More about 1925

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 25,362 of them was named Leighton, which outranked 78.6% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leighton
  1. #1,022Reese45
  2. #1,022Thurston45
  3. #1,022Wyman45
  4. #1,040Leighton44
  5. #1,040Addison44
  6. #1,040Alvah44
  7. #1,040Ansel44
  8. #1,053Annie43
  9. #1,053Eliseo43
  10. #1,053Ernst43

Tied with 12 names at #1,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1925 →