Boys' name · since 2009
Leeson
Leeson has 33 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
33 boys have been named Leeson since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leeson has been recorded 33 times among boys since 2009, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 2009 to 2019.
- #25,199 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 33 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leeson ranks #25,199 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leeson's 33 recorded births place it above 44.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leeson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leeson's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leeson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2019
- Peak year (2019)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Leeson by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (28 births, 85% of the file).
2010s was Leeson's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Leeson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 28 births (85% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leeson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2009–2019 (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 Leeson 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.