Leeland — #1793 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Leeland

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,190 babies named Leeland between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leeland currently holds the #1793 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 183 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leeland performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,464 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Leeland shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 197 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Leeland in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leeland 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 3,190 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.