Infographic of Leighton name meaning, which is “From the village in the meadow,” based on the Middle English lei, lee (meadow) and the Anglo-Saxon tun (village).
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Leighton Name Popularity

How popular is the name Leighton? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
1913 — 0 0%
1914 — 6 0.0009%
1915 — 5 0.0006%
1916 — 6 0.0006%
1917 — 0 0%
1918 — 6 0.0006%
1919 — 0 0%
1920 — 0 0%
1921 — 8 0.0007%
1922 — 0 0%
1923 — 0 0%
1924 — 0 0%
1925 — 0 0%
1926 — 5 0.0005%
1927 — 0 0%
1928 — 0 0%
1929 — 5 0.0005%
1930 — 8 0.0008%
1931 — 6 0.0006%
1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 5 0.0005%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 5 0.0005%
1939 — 7 0.0007%
1940 — 11 0.001%
1941 — 0 0%
1942 — 5 0.0004%
1943 — 5 0.0004%
1944 — 12 0.001%
1945 — 5 0.0004%
1946 — 17 0.0012%
1947 — 0 0%
1948 — 7 0.0004%
1949 — 14 0.0009%
1950 — 16 0.001%
1951 — 8 0.0005%
1952 — 12 0.0007%
1953 — 10 0.0006%
1954 — 8 0.0004%
1955 — 17 0.0009%
1956 — 19 0.001%
1957 — 13 0.0007%
1958 — 5 0.0003%
1959 — 0 0%
1960 — 5 0.0003%
1961 — 5 0.0003%
1962 — 8 0.0004%
1963 — 0 0%
1964 — 5 0.0003%
1965 — 0 0%
1966 — 0 0%
1967 — 0 0%
1968 — 6 0.0004%
1969 — 5 0.0003%
1970 — 5 0.0003%
1971 — 0 0%
1972 — 5 0.0004%
1973 — 10 0.0008%
1974 — 5 0.0004%
1975 — 0 0%
1976 — 12 0.0009%
1977 — 5 0.0004%
1978 — 15 0.0011%
1979 — 11 0.0008%
1980 — 5 0.0003%
1981 — 0 0%
1982 — 13 0.0009%
1983 — 19 0.0013%
1984 — 19 0.0013%
1985 — 10 0.0007%
1986 — 5 0.0003%
1987 — 22 0.0014%
1988 — 18 0.0012%
1989 — 24 0.0015%
1990 — 22 0.0013%
1991 — 22 0.0013%
1992 — 50 0.0031%
1993 — 26 0.0017%
1994 — 34 0.0022%
1995 — 19 0.0013%
1996 — 48 0.0032%
1997 — 38 0.0026%
1998 — 35 0.0023%
1999 — 48 0.0032%
2000 — 42 0.0027%
2001 — 41 0.0027%
2002 — 74 0.0049%
2003 — 47 0.0031%
2004 — 35 0.0023%
2005 — 54 0.0035%
2006 — 76 0.0049%
2007 — 75 0.0048%
2008 — 91 0.0059%
2009 — 113 0.0076%
2010 — 161 0.0112%
2011 — 156 0.0109%
2012 — 124 0.0087%
2013 — 131 0.0092%
2014 — 193 0.0132%
2015 — 201 0.0138%
2016 — 213 0.0148%
2017 — 194 0.0139%
2018 — 208 0.0151%
2019 — 320 0.0236%
2020 — 271 0.0213%
2021 — 225 0.0184%
2022 — 260 0.0197%
2023 — 175 0.0135%

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Names Like Leighton

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What names are variants of Leighton?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Layton

Meadow settlement

English

Leyton

Meadow settlement

English

What names sound like Leighton?

If you like how Leighton sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Leighton.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Lawton

Hill town

English

Ledon

Judgment is mine

Hebrew

Lidon

Judgment is mine

Hebrew

Litten

Hill settlement

English

Litton

Hill settlement

English

Littonn

Hill settlement

English

Lytton

Hill settlement

English

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Siblings of Leighton

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Gianna

God is gracious

Italian

1 Comment

  1. It is my husband’s dad’s middle name, and we loved that it tied family in with a not quite as popular name. But it also sounded fun and yet elegant.

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