# Leana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lina, Line, Lena, Leane, Leanna, Leanne, Liana, Liane, Lianna, Lianne, Linna, Linne |
| US babies named this | 4,968 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,968 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 197, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 77 | 2,405 |
| 2012 | 74 | 2,488 |
| 2013 | 92 | 2,087 |
| 2014 | 87 | 2,189 |
| 2015 | 71 | 2,540 |
| 2016 | 65 | 2,682 |
| 2017 | 74 | 2,448 |
| 2018 | 60 | 2,828 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,472 |
| 2020 | 77 | 2,312 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,874 |
| 2022 | 73 | 2,481 |
| 2023 | 73 | 2,458 |
| 2024 | 90 | 2,129 |
| 2025 | 74 | 2,424 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Leana

- Leana Wen, American physician, academic, author and journalist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.