Lief
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #7,289
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 279since 1948
Lief over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lief has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
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| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | — | |
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| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
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| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
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| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
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| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
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| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
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| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
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| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
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| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
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First appearance
1948
The first year at least five boys were named Lief! It came in at #3,316, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1958, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lief is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lief in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lief
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1973 at #3,013 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 141,689
- Highest: 1 in 141,689 boys born in 1973 were named Lief (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,507 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 23.7% of all boys named Lief (66) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #3,316 (1948) | #3,316 |
| 1950s | 16 | #3,619 (1959) | #3,777 |
| 1960s | 43 | #3,044 (1963) | #3,347 |
| 1970s | 66 | #3,013 (1973) | #3,990 |
| 1980s | 46 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,043 |
| 1990s | 38 | #5,317 (1999) | #7,089 |
| 2000s | 31 | #7,055 (2002) | #10,107 |
| 2010s | 14 | #9,655 (2013) | #9,676 |
| 2020s | 19 | #7,289 (2023) | #8,140 |
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.
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