Leiby — #5366 US boys' name
144 babies named Leiby in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Leiby was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Leiby in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leiby
The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Leiby between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leiby currently holds the #5366 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leiby performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leiby shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 78 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leiby in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leiby 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 144 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.
Leiby at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Leiby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #5366 among boys.
144 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 18 births in a single year.
Leiby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 71 births that decade — 49% of Leiby's all-time total
Leiby decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Leiby's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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 | 54.2% |
78 of 144 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 54.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 54.2% 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, 2000–2024 (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.