Leeman — boys' name
380 babies named Leeman in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Leeman was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Leeman in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leeman
The Social Security Administration has registered 380 babies named Leeman between 1913 and 2012, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leeman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leeman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Leeman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leeman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leeman 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 380 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.
Leeman at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leeman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1913
- Peak year (1919)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
380 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 21 births in a single year.
Leeman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 118 births that decade — 31% of Leeman's all-time total
Leeman decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Leeman's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Leeman by state
Where Leeman concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Missouri | | 17 | 4.5% |
17 of 380 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Missouri 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Missouri accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–2012 (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.