Leighton
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning meadow settlement or leek garden.
How Leighton has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #473 |
| 2016 | #430 |
| 2017 | #468 |
| 2018 | #449 |
| 2019 | #418 |
| 2020 | #401 |
| 2021 | #379 |
| 2022 | #375 |
| 2023 | #357 |
| 2024 | #395 |
| 2025 | #342 |
Leighton by the numbers
In 2025, 72 babies in England and Wales were named Leighton. In the US, 900 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 755 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leighton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lexingtonsettlement of the leek growers113 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Leighton
Names that are said the same way as Leighton, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Leighton, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Leighton
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