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

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Peak · boys: #324
1882 · 28 births
Debut · boys: 1880
17 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 6,928
since 1880

Leander over time

boys

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.

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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

First appearance

1880

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.

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Momentum · boys

Holding steady

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)

Rise & fade · boys

2 yrs to peak

Debuted 1880
Peaked 1882 at #324 (28 births)
Births halved by 1887, 5 yrs later

Top of the charts · boys

Top 1,000 for 78 yrs

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1889–1942

Share of babies · boys

1 in 4,060

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%)

Era · boys

The 1920s

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 1926

boys

#749

73 births · 1 in 15,212 boys

Top boys' names in 1926

#1Robert61,130
#2John56,108
#3James53,196
#4William51,922
#5Charles29,521
#6George25,910
#7Richard25,143
#8Joseph23,756
#9Donald20,912
#10Edward19,375
⋯
#749Leander73

More about 1926

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 15,212 of them was named Leander, which outranked 84.5% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leander

#745Helen74
#745Loyal74
#745Sandy74
#749Leander73
#749Dorsey73
#749Estel73
#749Hardy73
#759Duncan72
#759Elisha72
#759Garnett72

Tied with 9 names at #749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925

Risers

↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783

Fallers

↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926 →