Leeroy
Leeroy was given to 32 boys in 2025, #3,561 among boys’ names; 4,404 Americans have been recorded with it since 1887 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,000 Americans named Leeroy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 42 years old and half are between 20 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leeroy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leeroy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Leeroy is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
A less common spelling variant of Leroy.
/ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leeroy?
#3,561 among boys’ names, 2025
Leeroy rose from #3,644 in 2015 to #3,561 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 15.7 to 18.7 per million.
95 babies in 1927, the peak
Leeroy peaked in 1927, when 95 boys were given it, #652 among boys’ names. The 32 births of 2025 are 34% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,561 | 18.7 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,507 | 13.3 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,764 | 17.5 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,735 | 17.2 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,701 | 17.1 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,958 | 11.0 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,181 | 13.9 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,752 | 16.0 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,283 | 13.0 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,157 | 13.2 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 30 | #3,644 | 15.7 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,275 | 17.7 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,552 | 11.1 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,274 | 17.9 |
| 2011 | 25 | #4,055 | 13.2 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,158 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,977 | 7.6 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,342 | 11.3 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,652 | 14.0 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,788 | 9.2 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,177 | 8.0 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,251 | 15.1 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,725 | 8.6 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,985 | 10.8 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,716 | 18.0 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,480 | 12.2 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,915 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,981 | 14.1 |
| 1997 | 25 | #3,029 | 13.3 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,619 | 10.0 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,982 | 12.6 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,991 | 12.4 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,984 | 11.7 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,711 | 13.0 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,648 | 12.9 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,662 | 12.2 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,175 | 16.0 |
| 1988 | 32 | #2,014 | 16.7 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,518 | 11.8 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,395 | 12.5 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,653 | 10.3 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,209 | 13.3 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,868 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,654 | 9.9 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,544 | 10.6 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,753 | 18.5 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,201 | 13.4 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,708 | 19.5 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,856 | 9.1 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,805 | 17.8 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,504 | 10.9 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,814 | 16.5 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,799 | 8.3 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,491 | 9.3 |
| 1971 | 21 | #2,022 | 11.9 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,177 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,265 | 8.4 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,873 | 10.9 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,325 | 18.9 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,636 | 12.9 |
| 1965 | 31 | #1,396 | 16.7 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,475 | 14.6 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,528 | 13.3 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,446 | 14.5 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,311 | 17.4 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,309 | 17.4 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,646 | 11.2 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,870 | 9.0 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,335 | 16.2 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,591 | 11.8 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,590 | 11.7 |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,515 | 12.8 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,806 | 9.6 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,362 | 15.9 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,362 | 15.9 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,014 | 26.8 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,056 | 25.4 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,185 | 21.1 |
| 1947 | 57 | #927 | 31.2 |
| 1946 | 56 | #884 | 34.5 |
| 1945 | 65 | #765 | 48.3 |
| 1944 | 59 | #821 | 43.3 |
| 1943 | 54 | #913 | 37.8 |
| 1942 | 54 | #906 | 39.1 |
| 1941 | 54 | #866 | 44.0 |
| 1940 | 57 | #833 | 49.2 |
| 1939 | 66 | #740 | 59.6 |
| 1938 | 61 | #790 | 55.0 |
| 1937 | 71 | #719 | 66.6 |
| 1936 | 69 | #723 | 66.5 |
| 1935 | 64 | #774 | 61.5 |
| 1934 | 60 | #803 | 58.1 |
| 1933 | 80 | #655 | 80.7 |
| 1932 | 79 | #695 | 75.7 |
| 1931 | 56 | #851 | 53.9 |
| 1930 | 79 | #702 | 72.0 |
| 1929 | 81 | #687 | 75.3 |
| 1928 | 88 | #675 | 79.5 |
| 1927 | 95 | #652 | 84.3 |
| 1926 | 82 | #705 | 73.8 |
| 1925 | 71 | #783 | 63.6 |
| 1924 | 74 | #782 | 65.3 |
| 1923 | 80 | #732 | 73.0 |
| 1922 | 86 | #707 | 79.0 |
| 1921 | 87 | #697 | 79.0 |
| 1920 | 78 | #741 | 73.3 |
| 1919 | 77 | #726 | 78.6 |
| 1918 | 70 | #781 | 69.1 |
| 1917 | 51 | #895 | 55.1 |
| 1916 | 44 | #967 | 49.4 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,112 | 40.1 |
| 1914 | 35 | #944 | 53.5 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,194 | 37.1 |
| 1912 | 24 | #925 | 55.8 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,241 | 39.8 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,168 | 46.3 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,051 | 54.9 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,168 | 45.4 |
| 1907 | 10 | #907 | 68.1 |
| 1906 | 10 | #829 | 75.1 |
| 1905 | 8 | #971 | 60.5 |
| 1903 | 10 | #759 | 83.9 |
| 1900 | 11 | #821 | 73.1 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,143 | 47.1 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,054 | 50.2 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,177 | 43.2 |
| 1893 | 7 | #878 | 62.3 |
| 1888 | 6 | #995 | 49.6 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,001 | 49.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Leeroy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leeroy has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Leeroy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leeroy, and how old are they?
2,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 4,404 Americans ever recorded as Leeroy. The median Leeroy alive today is 42 years old; half are between 20 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 2,143 people named Leeroy (4 women and girls, 2,139 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,120 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 213 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 407 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 319 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 343 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 366 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 349 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Leeroy born?
The states with the most babies named Leeroy are Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, with 75% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma and Louisiana are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 875 | #2,204 | 3.0× |
| Oklahoma | 112 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Louisiana | 110 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Arkansas | 68 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 47 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 46 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 34 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Mississippi | 28 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 23 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 20 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Leeroy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Leeroy is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Leeroy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 207,462 babies since 1880, Leeroy is the second most given (2.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 32 of their 301 babies (11%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Leeroy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Leeroy and names like it
- Compare Leeroy and LeroyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLeeroy peaked in 1927.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leeroy since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Leeroy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Leeroy.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Leeroy alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.