Leory — boys' name

What the Data Says About Leory

The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Leory between 1900 and 1971, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leory currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leory performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Leory shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leory in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leory 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 287 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.