Leary — boys' name

What the Data Says About Leary

The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Leary between 1919 and 1961, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leary currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Leary is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1912.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leary performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Leary shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leary 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 194 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.