Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Leighton**

#999 most common girls' name of all time · #1,789 across all names · 43% boys / 57% girls · used 1893–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#999
Rank overall
#1,789 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
21,823
Since 2016
10,577
Peak year
2022 #376
Best rank
#342 2025
Girls Boys peak 1,144/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Leighton first appears in 1893. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 892 207 1,099 #342
2024 797 213 1,010 #397
2023 853 232 1,085 #357
2022 842 302 1,144 #376
2021 825 281 1,106 #379
2020 777 327 1,104 #401
2019 752 366 1,118 #420
2018 712 269 981 #449
2017 668 238 906 #468
2016 756 268 1,024 #430
2015 680 261 941 #471
2014 568 241 809 #544
2013 546 184 730 #544
2012 521 184 705 #564
2011 549 218 767 #527
2010 452 217 669 #647
2009 431 175 606 #676
2008 213 159 372 #1,193
2007 53 140 193 #3,217
2006 37 146 183 #4,002
2005 38 128 166 #3,823
2004 32 99 131 #4,295
2003 30 118 148 #4,326
2002 30 128 158 #4,189
2001 31 110 141 #4,033
2000 37 102 139 #3,538
1999 34 106 140 #3,576
1998 35 107 142 #3,433
1997 42 91 133 #2,883
1996 33 111 144 #3,439
1995 25 90 115 #4,119
1994 15 98 113 #6,012
1993 7 91 98 #10,658
1992 16 115 131 #5,745
1991 12 78 90 #7,019
1990 8 71 79 #9,297
1989 9 77 86 #8,099
1988 7 61 68 #9,306
1987 9 49 58 #7,414
1986 9 50 59 #7,202
1985 7 53 60 #8,404
1984 6 52 58 #9,232
1983 5 57 62 #10,373
1982 5 53 58 #10,621
1981 — 56 56 —
1980 — 41 41 —
1979 — 58 58 —
1978 — 43 43 —
1977 — 31 31 —
1976 — 41 41 —
1975 — 43 43 —
1974 — 41 41 —
1973 — 40 40 —
1972 — 33 33 —
1971 — 34 34 —
1970 — 25 25 —
1969 — 39 39 —
1968 — 34 34 —
1967 — 27 27 —
1966 — 27 27 —
1965 — 19 19 —
1964 — 21 21 —
1963 — 40 40 —
1962 — 38 38 —
1961 — 26 26 —
1960 — 37 37 —
1959 — 28 28 —
1958 — 25 25 —
1957 — 31 31 —
1956 6 47 53 #5,429
1955 — 40 40 —
1954 — 42 42 —
1953 — 42 42 —
1952 — 48 48 —
1951 — 38 38 —
1950 — 42 42 —
1949 — 41 41 —
1948 — 34 34 —
1947 — 36 36 —
1946 — 53 53 —
1945 — 45 45 —
1944 — 47 47 —
1943 — 43 43 —
1942 — 47 47 —
1941 — 37 37 —
1940 — 40 40 —
1939 — 33 33 —
1938 — 40 40 —
1937 — 26 26 —
1936 — 35 35 —
1935 — 30 30 —
1934 — 33 33 —
1933 — 26 26 —
1932 — 38 38 —
1931 — 45 45 —
1930 — 43 43 —
1929 — 42 42 —
1928 — 40 40 —
1927 — 36 36 —
1926 — 36 36 —
1925 — 44 44 —
1924 — 49 49 —
1923 — 58 58 —
1922 — 45 45 —
1921 — 48 48 —
1920 — 42 42 —
1919 — 31 31 —
1918 — 44 44 —
1917 — 40 40 —
1916 — 31 31 —
1915 — 27 27 —
1914 — 29 29 —
1913 — 17 17 —
1912 — 20 20 —
1911 — 8 8 —
1909 — 7 7 —
1908 — 11 11 —
1907 — 7 7 —
1900 — 6 6 —
1899 — 6 6 —
1898 — 5 5 —
1895 — 5 5 —
1893 — 5 5 —