Leighanne
Leighanne Robe is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX Femenil club Cruz Azul.
Meaning & Origin of Leighanne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leighanne Robe is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX Femenil club Cruz Azul.
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The Story of Leighanne
Leighanne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1956, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1989: 48 births, good for #2,409 nationwide. About 31% of every Leighanne on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Leighanne last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Leighanne
Leighanne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Leighanne's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #2,409. Use the chart and map above to compare Leighanne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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