Unisex name · since 1972
Leshon
Leshon has 80 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
80 boys have been named Leshon since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leshon has been recorded 80 times among boys since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1996.
- #18,901 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 80 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leshon ranks #18,901 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Leshon's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leshon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leshon splits its recorded history at 1977: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leshon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1996
- Peak year (1975)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Leshon popularity over time - girls
28 total births recorded since 1968 (Leshon as girls' name)
Leshon by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (47 births, 59% of the file).
1970s was Leshon's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Leshon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
47 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 47 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Leshon's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 1990s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leshon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leshon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.