Leander
Last seen for girls in 1979 at #9,010 · #1,459 for boys in 2025, 122 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,928since 1880
Leander over time
Rank among boys' names. Leander has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,459 | 122 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,752 | 94 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,508 | 117 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,566 | 113 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,784 | 89 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,716 | 90 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,762 | 88 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,147 | 65 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,130 | 64 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,799 | 84 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,931 | 75 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,044 | 69 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,165 | 61 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,238 | 58 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,478 | 50 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,262 | 57 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,451 | 52 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,515 | 50 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,602 | 47 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,744 | 42 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,567 | 43 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,014 | 33 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,556 | 38 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,578 | 36 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,795 | 30 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,926 | 27 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,260 | 37 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,441 | 32 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,762 | 26 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,927 | 43 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,577 | 28 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,362 | 31 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,867 | 42 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,870 | 41 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,953 | 37 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,706 | 41 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,020 | 30 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,645 | 39 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,672 | 37 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,399 | 46 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,687 | 34 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,382 | 47 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,411 | 45 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,272 | 53 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,370 | 46 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,352 | 46 |
| 1977 | — | #1,221 | 52 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | — | #1,258 | 46 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,229 | 46 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,108 | 54 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,120 | 53 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,165 | 49 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,222 | 46 | |
| 1969 | — | #972 | 62 | |
| 1968 | — | #996 | 55 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,061 | 48 | |
| 1966 | — | #984 | 55 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,055 | 49 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,025 | 54 | |
| 1963 | — | #984 | 59 | |
| 1962 | — | #917 | 68 | |
| 1961 | — | #967 | 63 | |
| 1960 | — | #951 | 63 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #975 | 62 |
| 1958 | — | #907 | 69 | |
| 1957 | — | #889 | 72 | |
| 1956 | — | #906 | 68 | |
| 1955 | — | #942 | 63 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,007 | 55 | |
| 1953 | — | #989 | 53 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,066 | 46 | |
| 1951 | — | #857 | 66 | |
| 1950 | — | #989 | 49 | |
| 1949 | — | #885 | 60 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,127 | 40 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,014 | 50 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,060 | 42 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,004 | 42 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,037 | 42 | |
| 1942 | — | #859 | 58 | |
| 1941 | — | #858 | 54 | |
| 1940 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1939 | — | #976 | 42 | |
| 1938 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1937 | — | #845 | 52 | |
| 1936 | — | #893 | 47 | |
| 1935 | — | #785 | 62 | |
| 1934 | — | #853 | 54 | |
| 1933 | — | #875 | 50 | |
| 1932 | — | #746 | 70 | |
| 1931 | — | #910 | 50 | |
| 1930 | — | #841 | 60 | |
| 1929 | — | #844 | 60 | |
| 1928 | — | #775 | 70 | |
| 1927 | — | #747 | 76 | |
| 1926 | — | #749 | 73 | |
| 1925 | — | #776 | 72 | |
| 1924 | — | #722 | 84 | |
| 1923 | — | #665 | 93 | |
| 1922 | — | #722 | 82 | |
| 1921 | — | #647 | 99 | |
| 1920 | — | #667 | 91 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #686 | 82 |
| 1918 | — | #637 | 93 | |
| 1917 | — | #660 | 82 | |
| 1916 | — | #744 | 67 | |
| 1915 | — | #715 | 68 | |
| 1914 | — | #591 | 72 | |
| 1913 | — | #696 | 43 | |
| 1912 | — | #725 | 35 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #522 | 23 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #623 | 16 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #405 | 20 | |
| 1889 | — | #379 | 22 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #462 | 16 | |
| 1884 | — | #386 | 21 | |
| 1883 | — | #412 | 18 | |
| 1882 | — | #324 | 28 | |
| 1881 | — | #360 | 21 | |
| 1880 | — | #425 | 17 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leander was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Leander is popular in 1893
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Leander
- 293 spots since 2024 (#1,752 → #1,459)
- 257 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #1,459)
- 472 spots since 2015 (#1,931 → #1,459)
- Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1902 (#943 → #615)
- Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1901 (#623 → #943)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #324 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1889–1942
- Highest: 1 in 4,060 boys born in 1882 were named Leander (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,001 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 11.5% of all boys named Leander (800) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 168 | #324 (1882) | #429 |
| 1890s | 121 | #405 (1890) | #620 |
| 1900s | 135 | #522 (1908) | #696 |
| 1910s | 583 | #591 (1914) | #681 |
| 1920s | 800 | #647 (1921) | #731 |
| 1930s | 528 | #746 (1932) | #872 |
| 1940s | 479 | #850 (1940) | #977 |
| 1950s | 603 | #857 (1951) | #953 |
| 1960s | 576 | #917 (1962) | #991 |
| 1970s | 487 | #1,108 (1973) | #1,228 |
| 1980s | 409 | #1,272 (1980) | #1,615 |
| 1990s | 337 | #1,867 (1991) | #2,379 |
| 2000s | 406 | #2,451 (2009) | #2,683 |
| 2010s | 671 | #1,762 (2019) | #2,096 |
| 2020s | 625 | #1,459 (2025) | #1,631 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Leander in 1893
Top boys' names in 1893
More about 1893
boys
112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 10,211 of them was named Leander, which outranked 47.8% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).