Leib — #4726 US boys' name
419 babies named Leib in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 67% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Leib was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Leib in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leib
The Social Security Administration has registered 419 babies named Leib between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leib currently holds the #4726 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leib performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Leib shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 222 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leib in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leib 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 419 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.
Leib at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Leib popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1958
- Peak year (2023)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
Currently ranks #4726 among boys.
419 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 25 births in a single year.
Leib by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 118 births that decade — 28% of Leib's all-time total
Leib decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 112 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leib's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% 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 | | 222 | 53.0% |
222 of 419 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 53.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 53.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1958–2024 (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.