Leif
Leif is ranked 925th among boys in 2024 (250 births). Its best rank was 638th, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- #925down 66 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2500.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022290 births
- Best rank
- #638in 1979
- Since 1912
- 9,737people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,737 boys have been named Leif in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 290 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2010s alone account for 20%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Leif | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 127 | |
| 1920s | 126 | |
| 1930s | 111 | |
| 1940s | 196 | |
| 1950s | 440 | |
| 1960s | 886 | |
| 1970s | 1,158 | |
| 1980s | 1,230 | |
| 1990s | 878 | |
| 2000s | 1,329 | |
| 2010s | 1,971 | |
| 2020s | 1,285 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Leif was the 840th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Leif
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hillelpeak 2019
- Shawpeak 2020
- Edrickpeak 2018
- Conanpeak 2023
- Jaepeak 2020
- Efraimpeak 2023
- Svenpeak 2015
- Thorpeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.