Leighton is a distinctive choice, ranked #464 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Leighton in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#464
US Rank #395
About the Name Leighton
Leighton is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 5029 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #150 in 2013 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Leighton is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #395, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Leighton
Unlikely. With around 86 UK babies named Leighton per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Leighton in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Leighton is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 5029 places over the last five years to #464 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Leighton is more popular in the US (#395) than in the UK (#464). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Leighton include: Allan Leighton — Allan Leighton is a British businessman, chair of Asda, former chairman of The Co-operative Group, former CEO of Asda, former chief executive of Pandora, and...; Jim Leighton — James Leighton is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.; Leighton House — Leighton House is an historic house in the Holland Park area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London..
Leighton appears in the US top 500 at #395 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
86
UK babies named Leighton (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 5029 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Leighton
Likely around 1 other Leighton in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Leighton
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Allan Leighton is a British businessman, chair of Asda, former chairman of The Co-operative Group, former CEO of Asda, former chief executive of Pandora, and former non-executive chairman of the Royal Mail prior to the breaking of the Horizon scandal.
James Leighton is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Leighton started his career with Aberdeen, where he won seven domestic trophies and the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup under the management of Alex Ferguson.
Leighton House is an historic house in the Holland Park area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. The building was the home of wealthy Victorian painter, and President of the Royal Academy, Frederic Leighton, notable for the popular Flaming June painting.
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton,, known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British Victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style.
Edmund Blair Leighton was an English painter of historical genre scenes, specialising in Regency and medieval subjects. His art is associated with the pre-Raphaelite movement of the mid-to-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, though his artwork is less stylised and much more naturalistic.
Clare Marie Veronica Leighton, sometimes Clara Ellaline Hope Leighton or Clare Veronica Hope Leighton, was an English–American artist, writer and illustrator, best known for her wood engravings.
Amanda Moreno Leighton is an American actress. She is known for her voice acting as Blossom in the 2016 Cartoon Network animated series The Powerpuff Girls, Poppy in the 2018 Netflix animated series Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and Polly Plantar in the 2019 Disney Channel animated series Amphibia.