Leander — #1746 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Leander

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,802 babies named Leander between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leander currently holds the #1746 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 117 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leander performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 800 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Leander shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 268 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Leander in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leander in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,802 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.