Lief — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lief

The Social Security Administration has registered 279 babies named Lief between 1948 and 2023, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lief currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lief performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lief shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lief 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 279 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.