Leyland — #7373 US boys' name
292 babies named Leyland in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Leyland was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Leyland in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leyland
The Social Security Administration has registered 292 babies named Leyland between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leyland currently holds the #7373 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leyland performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leyland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leyland in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leyland 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 292 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.
Leyland at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Leyland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2015)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #7373 among boys.
292 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 21 births in a single year.
Leyland by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 167 births that decade — 57% of Leyland's all-time total
Leyland decade highlights
- Peak decade 167 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leyland's strongest decade
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Leyland by state
Where Leyland concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 10 | 3.4% |
10 of 292 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 3.4% 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, 1982–2024 (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.