Leighann

girls:

3.4k births since 1956

#2960 (48th percentile)

overall:

3.4k births since 1956

#4678 (40th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Leighann is the #4,678 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,419 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 39.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,960 (48.2% percentile) for all time with 3,419 births since 1956.

Leighann first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for girls in 1956). Birth data for Leighann is available in 67 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Leighann reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 14.0% percentile (ranked #700) with 64 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 64 births per million (ranked 14.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Leighann ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 10.6% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leighann".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
3,419
Peak Births
119
Peak Year
1986
First Recorded
1956
Peak Percentile
14.0%
Current Percentile
0.7%
Peak Rank
#700
Current Rank
#940
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Leighann

Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Leighann. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 38.9% confident that Leighann is pronounced as lee-AN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEEG-han, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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LEEG-han (2 syllables)
16.7% confidence
L IY1 G HH AE0 N
LEEG-huhn (2 syllables)
8.3% confidence
L IY1 G HH AH0 N
LAY-an (2 syllables)
8.3% confidence
L EY1 AE0 N
LAY-AN (2 syllables)
5.6% confidence
L EY1 AE1 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L IY0 AE1 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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