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 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#991 · 1 in 7,432
- Tennessee#1,027 · 1 in 7,146
- North Carolina#1,029 · 1 in 7,246
- Illinois#1,146 · 1 in 8,360
- Ohio#1,286 · 1 in 10,496
Best ever in a state: #261 in Kentucky, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #991 | 7 | 1 in 7,432 |
| Tennessee | #1,027 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| North Carolina | #1,029 | 7 | 1 in 7,246 |
| Illinois | #1,146 | 6 | 1 in 8,360 |
| Ohio | #1,286 | 5 | 1 in 10,496 |
| Georgia | #1,367 | 5 | 1 in 10,078 |
| Florida | #1,611 | 6 | 1 in 15,704 |
| Texas | #1,685 | 10 | 1 in 17,741 |
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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 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
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1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 17,106 of them was named Leeland, which outranked 88.1% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,681Nehemias101
- #1,681Wendell101
- #1,681Xaiden101
- #1,694Leeland100
- #1,694Aram100
- #1,694Armaan100
- #1,694Azari100
- #1,701Alister99
- #1,701Aris99
- #1,701Aryeh99
Tied with 6 names at #1,694; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.