Leellen — girls' name
34 babies named Leellen in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
34 girls have been named Leellen since 1950, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1977.
- 34
- total births
- 1950–1977
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Leellen was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Leellen in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leellen
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Leellen between 1950 and 1977, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leellen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leellen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leellen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leellen 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 34 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.
Leellen at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leellen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1950
- Peak year (1950)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
34 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 7 births in a single year.
Leellen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 22 births that decade — 65% of Leellen's all-time total
Leellen decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Leellen's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1950–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.