Leelyn — #7099 US boys' name
168 babies named Leelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
61% of everyone ever named Leelyn was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Leelyn in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Leelyn between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leelyn currently holds the #7099 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Leelyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leelyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leelyn 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 168 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.
Leelyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Leelyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2010)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #7099 among boys.
168 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 15 births in a single year.
Leelyn popularity over time — girls
23 total births recorded since 2015 (Leelyn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Leelyn accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Leelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 103 births that decade — 61% of Leelyn's all-time total
Leelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leelyn's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% 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, 2007–2024 (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.