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 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#387 · 1 in 4,786
- Pennsylvania#618 · 1 in 24,347
Best ever in a state: #174 in Minnesota, 1923.
Show every state
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| North Carolina | #387 | 11 | 1 in 4,786 |
| Pennsylvania | #618 | 5 | 1 in 24,347 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 404,692 of them was named Leander, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 957 names at #6,245; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 34,428 of them was named Leander, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).