Leeland
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 183 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,288since 1915
Leeland over time
Rank among boys' names. Leeland has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,728 | 94 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #1,767 | 93 |
| 2023 | — | #1,694 | 100 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,551 | 115 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #1,273 | 149 |
| 2020 | — | #1,378 | 127 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,337 | 135 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,352 | 132 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,393 | 126 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,252 | 147 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,327 | 133 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #1,321 | 132 |
| 2013 | — | #1,119 | 162 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,046 | 183 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,212 | 144 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #1,108 | 172 |
| 2009 | — | #1,314 | 132 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,679 | 91 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,423 | 114 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,823 | 75 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,091 | 33 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,408 | 12 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Leeland! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Leeland is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#292 · 1 in 1,170
- Tennessee#523 · 1 in 2,757
- Kentucky#572 · 1 in 3,309
- Michigan#613 · 1 in 3,581
- Indiana#651 · 1 in 3,640
Best ever in a state: #261 in Kentucky, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #292 | 6 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Tennessee | #523 | 13 | 1 in 2,757 |
| Kentucky | #572 | 6 | 1 in 3,309 |
| Michigan | #613 | 12 | 1 in 3,581 |
| Indiana | #651 | 9 | 1 in 3,640 |
| Pennsylvania | #924 | 8 | 1 in 6,932 |
| Ohio | #930 | 8 | 1 in 6,777 |
| Illinois | #1,296 | 5 | 1 in 10,781 |
| California | #1,514 | 11 | 1 in 17,216 |
| Florida | #1,581 | 6 | 1 in 15,460 |
| New York | #1,591 | 6 | 1 in 14,855 |
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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 Leeland
- 39 spots since 2024 (#1,767 → #1,728)
- 350 spots since 2020 (#1,378 → #1,728)
- 401 spots since 2015 (#1,327 → #1,728)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2012 at #1,046 (183 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,366 boys born in 2012 were named Leeland (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 44.6% of all boys named Leeland (1,466) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,511 (1919) | #3,082 |
| 1920s | 91 | #2,229 (1924) | #2,866 |
| 1930s | 67 | #2,184 (1936) | #2,933 |
| 1940s | 41 | #2,872 (1941) | #3,244 |
| 1950s | 74 | #2,073 (1952) | #2,856 |
| 1960s | 67 | #2,364 (1962) | #3,317 |
| 1970s | 84 | #2,534 (1972) | #4,028 |
| 1980s | 85 | #3,523 (1988) | #4,807 |
| 1990s | 104 | #3,467 (1990) | #5,712 |
| 2000s | 491 | #1,314 (2009) | #4,652 |
| 2010s | 1,466 | #1,046 (2012) | #1,247 |
| 2020s | 678 | #1,273 (2021) | #1,565 |
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.
Leeland in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 328,172 of them was named Leeland, which outranked 13.7% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,425 names at #15,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 11,741 of them was named Leeland, which outranked 91.0% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,267Monte150
- #1,267Reyansh150
- #1,267Zack150
- #1,273Leeland149
- #1,273Efrain149
- #1,273Garrison149
- #1,273Harper149
- #1,280Brayson148
- #1,280Davon148
- #1,280Deklan148
Tied with 6 names at #1,273; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.