Leland
Leland is ranked 547th among boys in 2024 (540 births). Its best rank was 171st, in 1921.
- Rank in 2024
- #547down 27 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5400.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 20071,029 births
- Best rank
- #171in 1921
- Since 1880
- 57,374people given the name
The story in the numbers
57,374 boys have been named Leland in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 1,029 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 409 → 547).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 2010s alone account for 14%. It has spent 139 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Leland | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 202 | |
| 1890s | 539 | |
| 1900s | 765 | |
| 1910s | 4,381 | |
| 1920s | 8,022 | |
| 1930s | 6,277 | |
| 1940s | 6,261 | |
| 1950s | 5,255 | |
| 1960s | 3,529 | |
| 1970s | 2,284 | |
| 1980s | 2,103 | |
| 1990s | 1,884 | |
| 2000s | 4,540 | |
| 2010s | 8,262 | |
| 2020s | 3,070 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Leland was the 315th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Leland
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gradypeak 2008
- Jackpeak 1927
- Hoytpeak 1922
- Conleypeak 2011
- Hollispeak 1921
- Coypeak 1926
- Everettepeak 1919
- Leonpeak 1924
Other spellings in the data
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.