Lief
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1973
11 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
279
since 1948
Born a Lief? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Lief was most popular in 1973, when 11 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Lief in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 214%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 11 | 7289 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 8 | 8990 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 7 | 9696 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 6 | 10921 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 12 | 5317 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 9 | 6314 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 6 | 7178 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 8 | 4499 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 8 | 4509 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 9 | 4134 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 6 | 5355 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 10 | 3606 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 9 | 3659 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 11 | 3013 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 8 | 3622 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 9 | 3282 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 9 | 3062 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 8 | 3044 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 6 | 3640 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 6 | 3316 |
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