Lerone — boys' name
402 babies named Lerone in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Lerone was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Lerone in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lerone
The Social Security Administration has registered 402 babies named Lerone between 1956 and 2011, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lerone currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lerone performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lerone shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lerone in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lerone 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 402 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.
Lerone at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lerone popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1956
- Peak year (1972)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
402 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 27 births in a single year.
Lerone by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 150 births that decade — 37% of Lerone's all-time total
Lerone decade highlights
- Peak decade 150 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lerone's strongest decade
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Lerone by state
Where Lerone concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 402 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1956–2011 (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.