Girls' name · since 1887
Leafy
Leafy has 197 recorded births since 1887 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1894 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1887
- 1890s
- peak decade
197 girls have been named Leafy since 1887, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leafy has been recorded 197 times among girls since 1887, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1890s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1887 to 1950.
- #19,971 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 197 born since 1887
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leafy ranks #19,971 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 197 born since 1887, peaking in the 1890s.
- #19,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1887
- 1890s
- peak decade
Leafy's 197 recorded births place it above 72.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leafy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leafy splits its recorded history at 1908: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1887 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1894 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leafy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1887–1950
- Peak year (1894)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Leafy by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (74 births, 38% of the file).
1890s was Leafy's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Leafy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s
1890s
74 births
- 1900s
1900s
32 births
- 1910s
1910s
57 births
- 1920s 24
1920s
24 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 74 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leafy's data
- Leafy's decade-level peak was the 1890s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leafy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1894)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1887–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leafy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.