# Leann (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leann/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,363 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7 / 24,356 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 87, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Leanne.

## 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 | 122 | 1,713 |
| 2012 | 120 | 1,726 |
| 2013 | 105 | 1,914 |
| 2014 | 105 | 1,915 |
| 2015 | 81 | 2,305 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,608 |
| 2017 | 53 | 3,076 |
| 2018 | 52 | 3,140 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,739 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,951 |
| 2021 | 44 | 3,526 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,743 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,703 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,791 |
| 2025 | 34 | 4,232 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 7 | 5,251 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 9 | 1,805 |
| 2000 | 7 | 2,167 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 8 | 2,105 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

## People named Leann

- LeAnn Rimes, American singer and actress (born 1982)
- Leann Hunley, American television actress (born 1955)

## 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.