Leland
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #494 for boys in 2025, 612 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1921 · 866 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 57,999since 1880
Leland over time
Rank among boys' names. Leland has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #494 | 612 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #543 | 546 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #520 | 568 |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | #500 | 609 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #431 | 721 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #468 | 635 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #415 | 743 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #420 | 747 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #389 | 817 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #417 | 758 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #378 | 857 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #407 | 759 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #386 | 774 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #343 | 897 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #328 | 950 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #325 | 964 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #349 | 895 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #405 | 726 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #315 | 1,029 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #343 | 903 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #608 | 371 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,335 | 110 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,159 | 129 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #1,094 | 134 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,242 | 107 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #1,053 | 136 |
| 1999 | — | #1,058 | 129 | |
| 1998 | — | #981 | 140 | |
| 1997 | — | #847 | 167 | |
| 1996 | — | #912 | 144 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #807 | 175 |
| 1994 | — | #828 | 165 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #727 | 204 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #695 | 221 |
| 1991 | — | #624 | 267 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #609 | 272 |
| 1989 | — | #605 | 263 | |
| 1988 | — | #586 | 250 | |
| 1987 | — | #623 | 214 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #640 | 196 |
| 1985 | — | #688 | 166 | |
| 1984 | — | #596 | 203 | |
| 1983 | — | #587 | 209 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #640 | 182 |
| 1981 | — | #586 | 211 | |
| 1980 | — | #601 | 209 | |
| 1979 | — | #593 | 207 | |
| 1978 | — | #547 | 231 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #584 | 207 |
| 1976 | — | #564 | 206 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #566 | 203 |
| 1974 | — | #539 | 221 | |
| 1973 | — | #502 | 241 | |
| 1972 | — | #497 | 253 | |
| 1971 | — | #519 | 247 | |
| 1970 | — | #495 | 268 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #454 | 285 |
| 1968 | — | #477 | 253 | |
| 1967 | — | #428 | 314 | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #410 | 338 |
| 1965 | — | #413 | 358 | |
| 1964 | — | #398 | 397 | |
| 1963 | — | #423 | 360 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #410 | 385 |
| 1961 | — | #381 | 429 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #390 | 409 |
| 1959 | — | #381 | 431 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #356 | 462 |
| 1957 | — | #344 | 480 | |
| 1956 | — | #326 | 516 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #306 | 564 |
| 1954 | — | #316 | 514 | |
| 1953 | — | #308 | 536 | |
| 1952 | — | #280 | 603 | |
| 1951 | — | #279 | 591 | |
| 1950 | — | #281 | 559 | |
| 1949 | — | #257 | 633 | |
| 1948 | — | #248 | 672 | |
| 1947 | — | #262 | 656 | |
| 1946 | — | #263 | 569 | |
| 1945 | — | #247 | 540 | |
| 1944 | — | #230 | 596 | |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #215 | 676 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #217 | 675 |
| 1941 | — | #211 | 636 | |
| 1940 | — | #210 | 608 | |
| 1939 | — | #213 | 570 | |
| 1938 | — | #208 | 585 | |
| 1937 | — | #213 | 555 | |
| 1936 | — | #204 | 596 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #201 | 623 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #190 | 665 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #189 | 645 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #201 | 638 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #189 | 694 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #198 | 706 |
| 1929 | — | #182 | 762 | |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #180 | 789 |
| 1927 | — | #177 | 823 | |
| 1926 | — | #186 | 776 | |
| 1925 | — | #173 | 858 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #185 | 775 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #174 | 807 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #183 | 767 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #171 | 866 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #177 | 799 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #192 | 668 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #187 | 691 |
| 1917 | — | #191 | 627 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #198 | 571 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #185 | 597 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #202 | 413 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #200 | 338 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #217 | 252 |
| 1911 | — | #227 | 127 | |
| 1910 | — | #242 | 97 | |
| 1909 | — | #231 | 90 | |
| 1908 | — | #238 | 78 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #220 | 86 |
| 1906 | — | #183 | 99 | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #240 | 66 |
| 1904 | — | #226 | 69 | |
| 1903 | — | #206 | 75 | |
| 1902 | — | #242 | 58 | |
| 1901 | — | #204 | 68 | |
| 1900 | — | #228 | 76 | |
| 1899 | — | #211 | 62 | |
| 1898 | — | #249 | 50 | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #218 | 59 |
| 1896 | — | #233 | 61 | |
| 1895 | — | #242 | 54 | |
| 1894 | — | #231 | 55 | |
| 1893 | — | #221 | 60 | |
| 1892 | — | #235 | 57 | |
| 1891 | — | #269 | 36 | |
| 1890 | — | #252 | 45 | |
| 1889 | — | #322 | 29 | |
| 1888 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1887 | — | #366 | 20 | |
| 1886 | — | #325 | 27 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | #504 | 14 |
| 1883 | — | #371 | 21 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leland was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.
See more about Leland
- 49 spots since 2024 (#543 → #494)
- 26 spots since 2020 (#468 → #494)
- 116 spots since 2015 (#378 → #494)
- Biggest jump: 727 spots in 2005 (#1,335 → #608)
- Biggest drop: 134 spots in 1998 (#847 → #981)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1921 at #171 (866 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1880–1998
- Highest: 1 in 1,272 boys born in 1921 were named Leland (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,791 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 14.3% of all boys named Leland (8,266) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 202 | #289 (1888) | #429 |
| 1890s | 539 | #211 (1899) | #236 |
| 1900s | 765 | #183 (1906) | #222 |
| 1910s | 4,381 | #185 (1915) | #204 |
| 1920s | 8,022 | #171 (1921) | #179 |
| 1930s | 6,277 | #189 (1931) | #201 |
| 1940s | 6,261 | #210 (1940) | #236 |
| 1950s | 5,256 | #279 (1951) | #318 |
| 1960s | 3,528 | #381 (1961) | #418 |
| 1970s | 2,284 | #495 (1970) | #541 |
| 1980s | 2,103 | #586 (1988) | #615 |
| 1990s | 1,884 | #609 (1990) | #809 |
| 2000s | 4,540 | #315 (2007) | #790 |
| 2010s | 8,266 | #325 (2010) | #381 |
| 2020s | 3,691 | #431 (2021) | #493 |
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.
Leland in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 378,188 of them was named Leland, which outranked 14.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 2,810 of them was named Leland, which outranked 97.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).