Boys' name · since 1958
Leib
Since 1958, U.S. Social Security records show 448 babies named Leib, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,425 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,781 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 448
- born since 1958
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leib currently ranks #3781 among boys' names in America, with 448 babies recorded since 1958.
Leib has 448 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3781 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2025.
- #8,425 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,781 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 448 born since 1958
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leib ranks #8,425 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,781 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 448 born since 1958, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,425 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,781 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 448
- born since 1958
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leib's 448 recorded births place it above 81.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Leib compares
448 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Leib's all-time total is 21% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leib | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 448 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leib's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leib's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leib popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Leib by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (133 births, 30% of the file).
2020s was Leib's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Leib births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
112 births
- 2010s
2010s
118 births
- 2020s
2020s
133 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 133 births (30% of all-time use).
Leib by state
Where Leib concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 242 | 54.0% |
242 of 448 births nationwide.
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What to do with Leib's data
- New York records the most Leibs (242 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leib: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1958–2025 (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 Leib 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.