Leileen — girls' name
27 babies named Leileen in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
27 girls have been named Leileen since 2007, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2010.
- 27
- total births
- 2007–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
81% of everyone ever named Leileen was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Leileen in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leileen
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Leileen between 2007 and 2010, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leileen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leileen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Leileen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leileen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leileen 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 27 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.
Leileen at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leileen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2007
- Peak year (2007)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
27 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 10 births in a single year.
Leileen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 81% of Leileen's all-time total
Leileen decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Leileen's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% of all-time use.
Leileen by state
Where Leileen concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 22.2% |
6 of 27 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 22.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 22.2% 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, 2007–2010 (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.