Leroya — girls' name
8 babies named Leroya in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
8 girls have been named Leroya since 1987, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1987.
- 8
- total births
- 1987–1987
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Leroya was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Leroya in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leroya
The Social Security Administration has registered 8 babies named Leroya between 1987 and 1987, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leroya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leroya performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leroya 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 8 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.
Leroya at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leroya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1987
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
8 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 8 births in a single year.
Leroya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 8 births that decade — 100% of Leroya's all-time total
Leroya decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Leroya's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–1987 (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.