Boys' name · since 2000
Leiby
Leiby has 171 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,023 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
171 babies have been named Leiby since 2000, making it today's #4023 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leiby has been recorded 171 times among boys since 2000, currently ranked #4023 nationally and more common than 71% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #13,914 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,023 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 171 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leiby ranks #13,914 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,023 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 171 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,023 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leiby's 171 recorded births place it above 69.38% 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 Leiby compares
171 35th percentile among 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
Leiby's all-time total is 54% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leiby | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 171 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leiby's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leiby splits its recorded history at 2017: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leiby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Leiby by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (98 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Leiby's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Leiby births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 98 births (57% of all-time use).
Leiby by state
Where Leiby concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 78 | 45.6% |
78 of 171 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Leibys (78 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leiby: 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 (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Leiby 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.