Boys' name · since 2006
Leilan
Leilan has 161 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,289 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,691 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 161
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
161 babies have been named Leilan since 2006, making it today's #8691 boys' name.
Leilan has 161 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8691 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #14,289 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,691 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 161 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leilan ranks #14,289 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,691 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 161 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,289 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,691 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 161
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leilan's 161 recorded births place it above 68.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leilan compares
161 34th 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
Leilan's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leilan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 161 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leilan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leilan's full recorded timeline at 2014, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leilan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Leilan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Leilan's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Leilan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Leilan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leilan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Leilan 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.