Total births
48
Boys' name · since 2007
Leelen
Leelen has 48 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 48
- total births
- 2007–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
Leelen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 48 recorded since 2007.
Leelen has 48 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2018.
- 48 total births
- 2007–2018 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 58% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
48 boys have been named Leelen since 2007, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2018.
- 48
- total births
- 2007–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
58% of everyone ever named Leelen was born in this single decade.
2007
Single peak year
7 babies were named Leelen in 2007 - its busiest year on record.
Leelen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leelen splits its recorded history at 2012: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leelen at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
2007
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2007
Leelen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2018
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Leelen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Leelen's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Leelen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 28 births (58% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Leelen? ▼
Leelen has been given to 48 babies in the U.S. since 2007, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2018. 7 babies were born in 2007, its single highest year.
When was Leelen most popular? ▼
Leelen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Leelen been used? ▼
Leelen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 12 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Leelen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lee, Leeroy, Leeland, Leevi, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Leelen
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2007–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Leelen: Baby Name Since 2007 - 48 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/leelen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Leelen 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 July 2026.