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Leeland

#1,740 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Leeland has been given to 3,309 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #1,740 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 183 recorded.

Babies named Leeland, 2025

1 in 35,300

Leeland over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Leeland: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Leeland means

Leeland is a given name.

The naming story behind Leeland

Wikidata records Leeland as a given name. The entity identifier is Q109875087, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,288 boys were recorded with the name Leeland between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 183 in 2012; its best national rank was #1,047 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,380 in 2020 to #1,740 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,330 in 2015 to #1,740 in 2025.

In the United States, 21 girls were recorded with the name Leeland between 2010 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2014; its best national rank was #15,723 in 2014.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Leeland?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 35,300
94 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 18,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,740
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
24,447 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Leeland sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,447 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Leeland. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Leelands were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Leeland was born before 2013 — so the typical Leeland is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
44.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
80.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,049
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 44.6% of all recorded uses (1,466).

Is Leeland rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+30
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−360
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−410
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
51.4%
Peak was 2012 (183)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,047
2012

Spellings of Leeland

Leeland is not the most common spelling — Leland is, with 63.8% against Leeland's 3.6%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Leeland is used

Across 2016–2025, Leeland was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 5,263 boys, against 1 in 16,102 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

119 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 5,263
  2. 2Indiana1 in 5,556
  3. 3Michigan1 in 6,250
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 6,250
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 7,692
  6. 6Ohio1 in 8,333
  7. 7West Virginia1 in 11,111
  8. 8Colorado1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Leeland around the world

Where Leeland ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • Scotland
    2012–2012
    #669
    in 2012
  • Canada
    1996–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1948–1976
    #651
    in 1976

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Leeland in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Leeland. Linked forms have their own page here.

Leland

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Leeland by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,740
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 360
Best rank ever
#1,047
2012
Peak year
2012
183 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,288
Count in 2025
94

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,723
2014
Peak year
2014
6 that year
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
21
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Leeland

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LeeroyHollandWaylandRowlandHarlandOaklandRollandCortlandZealandLeelanArlandNolandRaylandLeeviLeilandCourtlandLeelynnNeylandCopelandNormandDylandGarlandFernandAnand

Names with a curve like Leeland

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Leeland, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

RylenAarushAvenBraylinKaidynPhineasAstonKorbynAtreyuTaydenLyricViktor

Sibling names for Leeland

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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