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Boy's name · #1057 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
23% boys · 77% girls — About 77% of babies named Leighton in recent years have been girls. Leighton →
Leighton reached its best rank, #692, in 2019 and ranked #1057 in 2025. About 9,400 boys have carried it since 1893.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#309 in Ireland (2025) · #367 in Scotland (2025) · #539 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,443 in Canada (2025) · #278 in N. Ireland (2024) · #7,101 in Ecuador (2022) · #444 in New Zealand (2021) · #2,052 in Sweden (2021) · #5,208 in France (2014).
Among 87 notable people named Leighton:
Sports figures appear 2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leighton Baines, English footballer (born 1984).
Similar names: Axl · Linkin · Langston · Layton · Dayton · Eamon
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