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Leighton

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 →

Popularity over time

Leighton reached its best rank, #692, in 2019 and ranked #1057 in 2025. About 9,400 boys have carried it since 1893.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#312 in Ireland (2025) · #382 in Scotland (2025) · #544 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,898 in Canada (2024).

Famous Leightons

• Leighton Baines — English association football player (born 1984)
• Leighton Clarkson — English association football player (born 2001)
• Leighton James — Welsh footballer (1953–2024)
• Leighton W. Smith, Jr. — United States Navy admiral
• Leighton Vander Esch — American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys

What Leightons become

Among 87 notable people named Leighton:

Sports figures appear 2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leighton Baines, English association football player (born 1984).

Similar names: Axl · Linkin · Langston · Layton · Dayton · Eamon

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