Leeroy
#3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 95 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,404since 1887
Leeroy over time
Rank among boys' names. Leeroy has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,513 | 32 |
| 2024 | #4,433 | 23 |
| 2023 | #3,712 | 30 |
| 2022 | #3,691 | 30 |
| 2021 | #3,651 | 30 |
| 2020 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #4,114 | 25 |
| 2018 | #3,708 | 29 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #3,234 | 34 |
| 2013 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #3,231 | 34 |
| 2011 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #3,591 | 29 |
| 2006 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #3,217 | 30 |
| 2003 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #1,688 | 32 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #1,790 | 26 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,613 | 23 |
| 1965 | #1,386 | 31 |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 29 |
| 1963 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1960 | #1,295 | 37 |
| 1959 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,344 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,006 | 48 |
| 1949 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 37 |
| 1947 | #923 | 57 |
| 1946 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | #761 | 65 |
| 1944 | #814 | 59 |
| 1943 | #908 | 54 |
| 1942 | #900 | 54 |
| 1941 | #858 | 54 |
| 1940 | #830 | 57 |
| 1939 | #738 | 66 |
| 1938 | #784 | 61 |
| 1937 | #713 | 71 |
| 1936 | #719 | 69 |
| 1935 | #771 | 64 |
| 1934 | #798 | 60 |
| 1933 | #650 | 80 |
| 1932 | #691 | 79 |
| 1931 | #841 | 56 |
| 1930 | #699 | 79 |
| 1929 | #683 | 81 |
| 1928 | #669 | 88 |
| 1927 | #649 | 95 |
| 1926 | #699 | 82 |
| 1925 | #779 | 71 |
| 1924 | #782 | 74 |
| 1923 | #729 | 80 |
| 1922 | #702 | 86 |
| 1921 | #692 | 87 |
| 1920 | #739 | 78 |
| 1919 | #720 | 77 |
| 1918 | #780 | 70 |
| 1917 | #892 | 51 |
| 1916 | #964 | 44 |
| 1915 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #918 | 24 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Leeroy! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1892, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Leeroy is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#251 · 1 in 1,914
- Missouri#340 · 1 in 4,157
- Arkansas#392 · 1 in 3,606
- Louisiana#432 · 1 in 4,064
- Texas#452 · 1 in 3,795
Best ever in a state: #197 in New Mexico, 1947.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #251 | 12 | 1 in 1,914 |
| Missouri | #340 | 7 | 1 in 4,157 |
| Arkansas | #392 | 5 | 1 in 3,606 |
| Louisiana | #432 | 5 | 1 in 4,064 |
| Texas | #452 | 15 | 1 in 3,795 |
| North Carolina | #493 | 6 | 1 in 5,853 |
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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 Leeroy
- 920 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #3,513)
- 1,342 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #3,513)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #3,513)
- Biggest jump: 272 spots in 1912 (#1,190 → #918)
- Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1913 (#918 → #1,173)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1927 at #649 (95 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1916–1947
- Highest: 1 in 11,862 boys born in 1927 were named Leeroy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.7% of all boys named Leeroy (822) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #917 (1888) | #919 |
| 1890s | 23 | #836 (1893) | #986 |
| 1900s | 65 | #734 (1903) | #891 |
| 1910s | 372 | #720 (1919) | #979 |
| 1920s | 822 | #649 (1927) | #712 |
| 1930s | 685 | #650 (1933) | #740 |
| 1940s | 538 | #761 (1945) | #909 |
| 1950s | 281 | #1,006 (1950) | #1,487 |
| 1960s | 281 | #1,295 (1960) | #1,536 |
| 1970s | 208 | #1,688 (1978) | #2,190 |
| 1980s | 227 | #1,726 (1980) | #2,678 |
| 1990s | 233 | #2,606 (1991) | #3,094 |
| 2000s | 229 | #2,681 (2001) | #4,121 |
| 2010s | 265 | #3,231 (2012) | #3,970 |
| 2020s | 164 | #3,513 (2025) | #3,976 |
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.
Leeroy in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 11,862 of them was named Leeroy, which outranked 86.5% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).