Leander
Leander is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 94 births. Its best rank was 326th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 940.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023117 births
- Best rank
- #326in 1882
- Since 1880
- 6,802people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,802 boys have been named Leander in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 117 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1920s alone account for 12%. It has spent 77 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Leander | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 168 | |
| 1890s | 121 | |
| 1900s | 135 | |
| 1910s | 583 | |
| 1920s | 800 | |
| 1930s | 528 | |
| 1940s | 479 | |
| 1950s | 603 | |
| 1960s | 576 | |
| 1970s | 487 | |
| 1980s | 409 | |
| 1990s | 337 | |
| 2000s | 406 | |
| 2010s | 669 | |
| 2020s | 501 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Leander was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Leander
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Orinpeak 1920
- Amospeak 1922
- Lemuelpeak 1921
- Orrinpeak 1915
- Corneliouspeak 1921
- Henrypeak 2024
- Hamiltonpeak 2016
- Mosespeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.