Leland
Rank in 2025
#7491
recorded as girls
Down 1,097 since 2024
#494
recorded as boys
Up 49 since 2024
Babies in 2025
626
girls 14 · boys 612
Peak year
1921
866 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
58,556
since 1880
Born a Leland? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Leland was most popular in 1921, when 866 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.79 per 1,000). In 2025, 612 babies were named Leland, ranking #494 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 7491 | 612 | 494 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6394 | 546 | 543 |
| 2023 | 16 | 6922 | 568 | 520 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5793 | 609 | 500 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6414 | 721 | 431 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6629 | 635 | 468 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8138 | 743 | 415 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9151 | 747 | 420 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9341 | 817 | 389 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8393 | 758 | 417 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9481 | 857 | 378 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10129 | 759 | 407 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13150 | 774 | 386 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12199 | 897 | 343 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12153 | 950 | 328 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13448 | 964 | 325 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10679 | 895 | 349 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17504 | 726 | 405 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15491 | 1,029 | 315 |
| 2006 | 16 | 7482 | 903 | 343 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | 371 | 608 |
| 2004 | 10 | 9892 | 110 | 1335 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12408 | 129 | 1159 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12187 | 134 | 1094 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12056 | 107 | 1242 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | 136 | 1053 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 129 | 1058 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 140 | 981 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 167 | 847 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 144 | 912 |
| 1995 | 6 | 11783 | 175 | 807 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 165 | 828 |
| 1993 | 5 | 13442 | 204 | 727 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 221 | 695 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 267 | 624 |
| 1990 | 5 | 12958 | 272 | 609 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 263 | 605 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 250 | 586 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 214 | 623 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9545 | 196 | 640 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 166 | 688 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 203 | 596 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 209 | 587 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9237 | 182 | 640 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 211 | 586 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 209 | 601 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 207 | 593 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 231 | 547 |
| 1977 | 6 | 8444 | 207 | 584 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 206 | 564 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | 203 | 566 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 221 | 539 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 241 | 502 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 253 | 497 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 247 | 519 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 268 | 495 |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | 285 | 454 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 253 | 477 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 314 | 428 |
| 1966 | 6 | 5809 | 338 | 410 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 358 | 413 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 397 | 398 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 360 | 423 |
| 1962 | 6 | 5860 | 385 | 410 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 429 | 381 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6390 | 409 | 390 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 431 | 381 |
| 1958 | 6 | 5408 | 462 | 356 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 480 | 344 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 516 | 326 |
| 1955 | 5 | 5828 | 564 | 306 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 514 | 316 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 536 | 308 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 603 | 280 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 591 | 279 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 559 | 281 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 633 | 257 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 672 | 248 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 656 | 262 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 569 | 263 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 540 | 247 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 596 | 230 |
| 1943 | 14 | 2447 | 676 | 215 |
| 1942 | 5 | 4622 | 675 | 217 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 636 | 211 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 608 | 210 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 570 | 213 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 585 | 208 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 555 | 213 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 596 | 204 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3742 | 623 | 201 |
| 1934 | 9 | 2923 | 665 | 190 |
| 1933 | 5 | 4218 | 645 | 189 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4411 | 638 | 201 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3497 | 694 | 189 |
| 1930 | 10 | 2845 | 706 | 198 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 762 | 182 |
| 1928 | 16 | 2194 | 789 | 180 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 823 | 177 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 776 | 186 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 858 | 173 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5061 | 775 | 185 |
| 1923 | 15 | 2366 | 807 | 174 |
| 1922 | 10 | 3152 | 767 | 183 |
| 1921 | 10 | 3164 | 866 | 171 |
| 1920 | 7 | 3957 | 799 | 177 |
| 1919 | 7 | 3817 | 668 | 192 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | 691 | 187 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 627 | 191 |
| 1916 | 7 | 3552 | 571 | 198 |
| 1915 | 7 | 3434 | 597 | 185 |
| 1914 | 9 | 2434 | 413 | 202 |
| 1913 | 6 | 2827 | 338 | 200 |
| 1912 | 8 | 2144 | 252 | 217 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 127 | 227 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 97 | 242 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 90 | 231 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 78 | 238 |
| 1907 | 5 | 2061 | 86 | 220 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 99 | 183 |
| 1905 | 6 | 1696 | 66 | 240 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 69 | 226 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 75 | 206 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 58 | 242 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 68 | 204 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 76 | 228 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 62 | 211 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 50 | 249 |
| 1897 | 5 | 1555 | 59 | 218 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 61 | 233 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 54 | 242 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 55 | 231 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 60 | 221 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 57 | 235 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 36 | 269 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 45 | 252 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 29 | 322 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 37 | 289 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 20 | 366 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 27 | 325 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 23 | 364 |
| 1884 | 6 | 930 | 14 | 504 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 21 | 371 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 13 | 514 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 9 | 595 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 9 | 640 |
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Where Leland is most popular
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- Oregon1.9×
- Indiana1.9×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years