Leroy
Leroy was given to 269 boys in 2025, #888 among boys’ names; 202,163 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 69,900 Americans named Leroy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 51 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leroy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leroy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Leroy is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “the king” (meaning).
Transferred from the common French surname Leroy, meaning “the king”.
/ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leroy?
#888 among boys’ names, 2025
Leroy rose from #989 in 2015 to #888 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.11 to 0.16 per 1,000.
3,948 babies in 1924, the peak
Leroy peaked in 1924, when 3,948 babies were given it (3,922 boys, #53 among boys’ names). The 269 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 269 | #888 | 0.16 |
| 2024 | 280 | #864 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | 270 | #872 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 281 | #860 | 0.16 |
| 2021 | 254 | #906 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 242 | #923 | 0.14 |
| 2019 | 225 | #955 | 0.13 |
| 2018 | 250 | #875 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 227 | #927 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 231 | #922 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 209 | #989 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 191 | #1,047 | 0.10 |
| 2013 | 206 | #973 | 0.11 |
| 2012 | 227 | #915 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 187 | #1,024 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 220 | #919 | 0.11 |
| 2009 | 201 | #987 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 231 | #902 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 195 | #1,000 | 0.09 |
| 2006 | 211 | #913 | 0.10 |
| 2005 | 188 | #932 | 0.09 |
| 2004 | 223 | #808 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 225 | #779 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 218 | #792 | 0.11 |
| 2001 | 215 | #786 | 0.11 |
| 2000 | 252 | #697 | 0.13 |
| 1999 | 252 | #672 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 279 | #637 | 0.15 |
| 1997 | 308 | #587 | 0.16 |
| 1996 | 308 | #585 | 0.16 |
| 1995 | 341 | #550 | 0.18 |
| 1994 | 339 | #558 | 0.18 |
| 1993 | 361 | #540 | 0.18 |
| 1992 | 414 | #492 | 0.21 |
| 1991 | 449 | #468 | 0.22 |
| 1990 | 503 | #439 | 0.24 |
| 1989 | 489 | #423 | 0.24 |
| 1988 | 490 | #404 | 0.26 |
| 1987 | 499 | #385 | 0.27 |
| 1986 | 540 | #350 | 0.29 |
| 1985 | 539 | #347 | 0.29 |
| 1984 | 530 | #348 | 0.29 |
| 1983 | 524 | #346 | 0.29 |
| 1982 | 674 | #298 | 0.37 |
| 1981 | 616 | #307 | 0.34 |
| 1980 | 699 | #293 | 0.39 |
| 1979 | 730 | #281 | 0.42 |
| 1978 | 707 | #274 | 0.43 |
| 1977 | 734 | #267 | 0.45 |
| 1976 | 760 | #259 | 0.48 |
| 1975 | 798 | #251 | 0.51 |
| 1974 | 773 | #253 | 0.49 |
| 1973 | 806 | #246 | 0.52 |
| 1972 | 916 | #233 | 0.56 |
| 1971 | 1,014 | #234 | 0.57 |
| 1970 | 1,170 | #215 | 0.63 |
| 1969 | 1,230 | #202 | 0.69 |
| 1968 | 1,197 | #197 | 0.69 |
| 1967 | 1,277 | #189 | 0.73 |
| 1966 | 1,349 | #184 | 0.76 |
| 1965 | 1,538 | #173 | 0.83 |
| 1964 | 1,585 | #173 | 0.80 |
| 1963 | 1,644 | #176 | 0.81 |
| 1962 | 1,703 | #179 | 0.82 |
| 1961 | 1,829 | #171 | 0.86 |
| 1960 | 1,868 | #172 | 0.88 |
| 1959 | 2,017 | #159 | 0.94 |
| 1958 | 2,074 | #158 | 1.0 |
| 1957 | 2,316 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1956 | 2,352 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1955 | 2,416 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1954 | 2,638 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1953 | 2,579 | #126 | 1.3 |
| 1952 | 2,644 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1951 | 2,717 | #111 | 1.4 |
| 1950 | 2,835 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 1949 | 2,938 | #101 | 1.7 |
| 1948 | 3,234 | #97 | 1.8 |
| 1947 | 3,347 | #98 | 1.8 |
| 1946 | 3,472 | #90 | 2.1 |
| 1945 | 3,170 | #83 | 2.4 |
| 1944 | 3,410 | #78 | 2.5 |
| 1943 | 3,741 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 1942 | 3,717 | #69 | 2.7 |
| 1941 | 3,524 | #67 | 2.9 |
| 1940 | 3,311 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1939 | 3,388 | #61 | 3.1 |
| 1938 | 3,491 | #61 | 3.1 |
| 1937 | 3,556 | #56 | 3.3 |
| 1936 | 3,642 | #57 | 3.5 |
| 1935 | 3,919 | #50 | 3.8 |
| 1934 | 3,774 | #54 | 3.7 |
| 1933 | 3,357 | #56 | 3.4 |
| 1932 | 3,677 | #53 | 3.5 |
| 1931 | 3,649 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 1930 | 3,802 | #53 | 3.5 |
| 1929 | 3,819 | #51 | 3.6 |
| 1928 | 3,872 | #51 | 3.5 |
| 1927 | 3,911 | #51 | 3.5 |
| 1926 | 3,808 | #51 | 3.4 |
| 1925 | 3,884 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 1924 | 3,922 | #53 | 3.5 |
| 1923 | 3,686 | #55 | 3.4 |
| 1922 | 3,671 | #55 | 3.4 |
| 1921 | 3,749 | #55 | 3.4 |
| 1920 | 3,549 | #56 | 3.3 |
| 1919 | 3,422 | #55 | 3.5 |
| 1918 | 3,422 | #57 | 3.4 |
| 1917 | 2,951 | #60 | 3.2 |
| 1916 | 2,699 | #63 | 3.0 |
| 1915 | 2,450 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1914 | 2,004 | #60 | 3.1 |
| 1913 | 1,582 | #63 | 3.1 |
| 1912 | 1,306 | #66 | 3.0 |
| 1911 | 706 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 1910 | 733 | #50 | 3.8 |
| 1909 | 568 | #55 | 3.5 |
| 1908 | 523 | #56 | 3.4 |
| 1907 | 550 | #50 | 3.7 |
| 1906 | 420 | #62 | 3.2 |
| 1905 | 441 | #55 | 3.3 |
| 1904 | 401 | #60 | 3.1 |
| 1903 | 340 | #64 | 2.9 |
| 1902 | 370 | #62 | 3.0 |
| 1901 | 268 | #72 | 2.5 |
| 1900 | 419 | #65 | 2.8 |
| 1899 | 269 | #69 | 2.5 |
| 1898 | 315 | #68 | 2.6 |
| 1897 | 291 | #66 | 2.6 |
| 1896 | 278 | #72 | 2.3 |
| 1895 | 249 | #78 | 2.1 |
| 1894 | 239 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1893 | 244 | #76 | 2.2 |
| 1892 | 233 | #87 | 1.9 |
| 1891 | 190 | #84 | 1.9 |
| 1890 | 236 | #74 | 2.1 |
| 1889 | 186 | #92 | 1.7 |
| 1888 | 192 | #95 | 1.6 |
| 1887 | 177 | #88 | 1.7 |
| 1886 | 155 | #100 | 1.4 |
| 1885 | 162 | #90 | 1.5 |
| 1884 | 154 | #99 | 1.3 |
| 1883 | 143 | #94 | 1.4 |
| 1882 | 152 | #96 | 1.3 |
| 1881 | 129 | #98 | 1.3 |
| 1880 | 124 | #108 | 1.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Leroy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leroy has been given almost only to boys: 1,182 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Leroy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leroy, and how old are they?
69,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 202,163 Americans ever recorded as Leroy. The median Leroy alive today is 67 years old; half are between 51 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 67,707 people named Leroy (103 women and girls, 67,604 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 84,378 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 12,300 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 29,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 13,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,260 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,570 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,110 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Leroy born?
The states with the most babies named Leroy are Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas, with 17% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 12,359 | #539 | 0.9× |
| South Carolina | 10,559 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Texas | 10,143 | #1,155 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 9,949 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 8,414 | #1,090 | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 8,324 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Georgia | 8,165 | #1,053 | 1.4× |
| California | 7,282 | #875 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 6,967 | #611 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 6,723 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Leroy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Leroy is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Leroy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 207,462 babies since 1880, Leroy is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 269 of their 301 babies (89%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Leroy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Leroy and names like it
- Compare Leroy and LeeroyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLeroy peaked in 1924.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leroy since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Leroy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Leroy.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Leroy alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.