Leif — #925 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Leif

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,737 babies named Leif between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leif currently holds the #925 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 290 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leif performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,971 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Leif shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,156 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Leif in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leif 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 9,737 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.