Leeann
Feminine · “clearing”
Leeann is one of the several spellings of a mid-century American compound, and the two halves between them cover a thousand years of English and three of Hebrew.
How old is the name Leeann?
Leeann first appears in US birth records in 1928 — 97 years ago. The typical Leeann alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 13,500 people named Leeann are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leeann most popular?
Leeann peaked in 1962, reaching #513 nationally. Today it ranks #4265, 3,752 places below that high. See the whole 1962 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Leeann
Ours, offered as ours. Compound names of this kind were built to a rule: a short first element that reads as modern, and a second that reads as traditional. Leeann, Roseann, Maryanne, Jolene and Charlene all follow it, and the effect is a name that feels both new and familiar at once. That is a genuinely clever piece of design, done by thousands of families independently and without anyone writing it down.
Meaningscholars disagree
clearing; grace
Lee is from Old English leah, a woodland clearing. Ann descends from Hebrew Hannah, grace. Both are documented; the compound is twentieth-century American and its parts are not related to one another.
Pronouncing Leeann
lee-ANN
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Some families say LEE-ann.
Nicknames for Leeann
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1928
- Most girls named
- 1963338 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #513reached in 1962
- Change vs 2023
- +26.9%33 in 2025, from 26
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Leeann in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Leann in English — spelling variant
- Leanne in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Leeanns among us
people named Leeann are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 48,705 born in 2025 was named Leeann
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Leeann
- #4265
- Leeann on the 2025 chart
- #893
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Leeann went to 33 girls in 2025, but Leann is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 67, which makes it the 893rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,372 places above the chart.
- Leann34
- Leeann33
About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 48,705 for Leeann itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Florene test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Leeann's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Florene climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Florene's path sketches the road Leeann is walking now.
Leeann sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Leeann is headed
Leeann should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Leeann beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Leeann in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lee and Ann are both complete names in their own right.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Seven letters and two syllables, manageable to write.
- Leeann, Leann, Leanne and LeAnn are all in use and capitalization varies.
- It is strongly associated with one mid-century American generation.
- The stress is unsettled between the two syllables.
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Feminine · #4265 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Leeanns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 13,500 people named Leeann are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Leeann?
- Leeann is one of 2 recorded spellings. Leann is the more common one — 34 births in 2025 against 33 for Leeann.
- How popular is the name Leeann in 2025?
- Leeann ranks #4265 among US girl names in 2025, with 33 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Leeann?
- About 1 in every 48,705 US girls born in 2025 was named Leeann — 33 in all.
- Will my child share the name Leeann with classmates?
- Leeann will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Leeann
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