Meaning not yet researched.
Leland: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 612 in 2025. Its best rank was #171 in 1921.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #171 in 1921; #494 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Leland in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#494 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1921, at #171.
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Leland: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 612 boys in 2025. Peak: #171 in 1921 · most boys in one year: 1,029 (2007).
In 2025, 612 US boys were named Leland, making it the 494th most common boys’ name of the year, up 49 places from #543 in 2024. That is 66 more than the 546 boys named Leland in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #171, reached in 1921. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,029, in 2007. For comparison, it was #378 in 2015 and #281 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Leland in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 9 babies with the name. In all, 58,556 US babies have been given the name, 1.0% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 8,365 babies named Leland.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,756 US boys were named Leland; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 817. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,791 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Leland ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #128 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Leeland (3,309 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Leiland, Lealand and Leyland are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Leiland (632), Lealand (312), Leyland (303), Leelynd (146), Lelend (122), Lelynd (92), Leelend (29), Leilend (5), Lelind (5), Leilynd (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Leland in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 7 | #128 | — |
| Michigan | 50 | #201 | #223 |
| West Virginia | 8 | #243 | #160 |
| Indiana | 28 | #288 | #266 |
| Minnesota | 21 | #297 | #450 |
| South Carolina | 18 | #308 | #275 |
| Tennessee | 27 | #329 | #305 |
| Wisconsin | 16 | #350 | #298 |
| Alabama | 16 | #352 | #248 |
| Iowa | 10 | #360 | #271 |
| Kentucky | 14 | #365 | #253 |
| Oregon | 10 | #387 | #444 |
| Ohio | 28 | #392 | #311 |
| Missouri | 16 | #408 | #334 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | #447 | #323 |
| Virginia | 18 | #447 | #313 |
| Kansas | 8 | #453 | #636 |
| North Carolina | 24 | #456 | #283 |
| Utah | 10 | #458 | #493 |
| Idaho | 5 | #467 | #417 |
| Georgia | 23 | #476 | #293 |
| Illinois | 21 | #495 | #407 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #528 | #419 |
| Arizona | 13 | #548 | #430 |
| Washington | 13 | #555 | #357 |
| Colorado | 10 | #556 | #404 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #598 | #346 |
| California | 42 | #660 | #484 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #672 | #676 |
| Texas | 36 | #767 | #511 |
| New York | 17 | #824 | #636 |
| Florida | 18 | #832 | #393 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #856 | #425 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #989 | #1,052 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,710 | 612 | #494 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,547 | 546 | #543 |
| 2023 | 16 | #7,116 | 568 | #520 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,887 | 609 | #500 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,560 | 721 | #431 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,802 | 635 | #470 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,407 | 743 | #415 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,538 | 747 | #420 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,670 | 817 | #389 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,678 | 758 | #417 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,870 | 857 | #378 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,596 | 759 | #409 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,024 | 774 | #386 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,901 | 897 | #343 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,862 | 950 | #329 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,338 | 964 | #325 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,137 | 895 | #350 |
| 2008 | 5 | #19,258 | 726 | #405 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,695 | 1,029 | #315 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,699 | 903 | #343 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,443 | 371 | #608 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,362 | 110 | #1,341 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,246 | 129 | #1,165 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,017 | 134 | #1,096 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,854 | 107 | #1,250 |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,481 | 136 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | — | — | 129 | #1,060 |
| 1998 | — | — | 140 | #985 |
| 1997 | — | — | 167 | #848 |
| 1996 | — | — | 144 | #913 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,659 | 175 | #808 |
| 1994 | — | — | 165 | #830 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,758 | 204 | #728 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,534 | 221 | #696 |
| 1991 | — | — | 267 | #626 |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,239 | 272 | #610 |
| 1989 | — | — | 263 | #607 |
| 1988 | — | — | 250 | #587 |
| 1987 | — | — | 214 | #623 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,258 | 196 | #640 |
| 1985 | — | — | 166 | #689 |
| 1984 | — | — | 203 | #597 |
| 1983 | — | — | 209 | #588 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,891 | 182 | #640 |
| 1981 | — | — | 211 | #589 |
| 1980 | — | — | 209 | #601 |
| 1979 | — | — | 207 | #595 |
| 1978 | — | — | 231 | #548 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,100 | 207 | #586 |
| 1976 | — | — | 206 | #565 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,873 | 203 | #566 |
| 1974 | — | — | 221 | #539 |
| 1973 | — | — | 241 | #502 |
| 1972 | — | — | 253 | #497 |
| 1971 | — | — | 247 | #519 |
| 1970 | — | — | 268 | #496 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,096 | 285 | #454 |
| 1968 | — | — | 253 | #477 |
| 1967 | — | — | 314 | #428 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,211 | 338 | #410 |
| 1965 | — | — | 358 | #413 |
| 1964 | — | — | 397 | #399 |
| 1963 | — | — | 360 | #424 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,234 | 385 | #410 |
| 1961 | — | — | 429 | #383 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,886 | 409 | #390 |
| 1959 | — | — | 431 | #381 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,788 | 462 | #356 |
| 1957 | — | — | 480 | #344 |
| 1956 | — | — | 516 | #326 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,315 | 564 | #306 |
| 1954 | — | — | 514 | #316 |
| 1953 | — | — | 536 | #308 |
| 1952 | — | — | 603 | #280 |
| 1951 | — | — | 591 | #279 |
| 1950 | — | — | 559 | #281 |
| 1949 | — | — | 633 | #257 |
| 1948 | — | — | 672 | #248 |
| 1947 | — | — | 656 | #262 |
| 1946 | — | — | 569 | #263 |
| 1945 | — | — | 540 | #247 |
| 1944 | — | — | 596 | #230 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,501 | 676 | #215 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,018 | 675 | #217 |
| 1941 | — | — | 636 | #212 |
| 1940 | — | — | 608 | #210 |
| 1939 | — | — | 570 | #213 |
| 1938 | — | — | 585 | #209 |
| 1937 | — | — | 555 | #213 |
| 1936 | — | — | 596 | #204 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,008 | 623 | #201 |
| 1934 | 9 | #3,048 | 665 | #190 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,569 | 645 | #189 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,773 | 638 | #201 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,693 | 694 | #189 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,961 | 706 | #198 |
| 1929 | — | — | 762 | #182 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,244 | 789 | #181 |
| 1927 | — | — | 823 | #177 |
| 1926 | — | — | 776 | #186 |
| 1925 | — | — | 858 | #173 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,512 | 775 | #185 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,414 | 807 | #174 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,269 | 767 | #183 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,280 | 866 | #171 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,206 | 799 | #177 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,060 | 668 | #192 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,236 | 691 | #187 |
| 1917 | — | — | 627 | #191 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,748 | 571 | #198 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,628 | 597 | #185 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,536 | 413 | #202 |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,029 | 338 | #200 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,259 | 252 | #218 |
| 1911 | — | — | 127 | #227 |
| 1910 | — | — | 97 | #242 |
| 1909 | — | — | 90 | #232 |
| 1908 | — | — | 78 | #240 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,229 | 86 | #220 |
| 1906 | — | — | 99 | #184 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,817 | 66 | #240 |
| 1904 | — | — | 69 | #226 |
| 1903 | — | — | 75 | #208 |
| 1902 | — | — | 58 | #243 |
| 1901 | — | — | 68 | #206 |
| 1900 | — | — | 76 | #228 |
| 1899 | — | — | 62 | #211 |
| 1898 | — | — | 50 | #250 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,674 | 59 | #219 |
| 1896 | — | — | 61 | #233 |
| 1895 | — | — | 54 | #244 |
| 1894 | — | — | 55 | #233 |
| 1893 | — | — | 60 | #221 |
| 1892 | — | — | 57 | #237 |
| 1891 | — | — | 36 | #270 |
| 1890 | — | — | 45 | #252 |
| 1889 | — | — | 29 | #329 |
| 1888 | — | — | 37 | #292 |
| 1887 | — | — | 20 | #372 |
| 1886 | — | — | 27 | #327 |
| 1885 | — | — | 23 | #373 |
| 1884 | 6 | #979 | 14 | #514 |
| 1883 | — | — | 21 | #376 |
| 1882 | — | — | 13 | #527 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #628 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #664 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).