Unisex name · since 2007
Leelyn
Leelyn has 176 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,748 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,279 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leelyn currently ranks #10279 among unisex names in America, with 176 babies recorded since 2007.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leelyn has been recorded 176 times among boys since 2007, currently ranked #10279 nationally and more common than 26% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #13,748 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,279 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 176 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leelyn ranks #13,748 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,279 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 176 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,748 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,279 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leelyn's 176 recorded births place it above 69.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leelyn compares
176 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leelyn's all-time total is 52% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leelyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 176 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leelyn's full recorded timeline at 2016, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leelyn popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Leelyn popularity over time - girls
23 total births recorded since 2015 (Leelyn as girls' name)
Leelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (103 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Leelyn's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Leelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 103 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leelyn's data
- Leelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Leelyn 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 August 2026.