Leafy
- Last seen for girls in 1950 at #5,301
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 197since 1887
Leafy over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leafy has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
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| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 |
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| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
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| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
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| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
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| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
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| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 |
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| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
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| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
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First appearance
1887
The first year at least five girls were named Leafy! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Leafy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Leafy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1950
- Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1893
- Biggest drop: 136 spots in 1895
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1894 at #850 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1893–1895
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,148
- Highest: 1 in 17,148 girls born in 1894 were named Leafy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,611 girls born in 1950 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1890s
- 37.6% of all girls named Leafy (74) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 5 | #1,147 (1887) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 74 | #850 (1894) | #1,052 |
| 1900s | 32 | #1,067 (1901) | #1,667 |
| 1910s | 57 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,682 |
| 1920s | 24 | #4,023 (1921) | #4,365 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,301 (1950) | #5,301 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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