NameTides

Leander

Leander was the #1,459 boys' name in the US in 2025 (122 babies), and #1,307 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Leander as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Leander as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Leander as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,459 (122)#1,307 (21)—#1,443 (16)
2024#1,752 (94)#1,235 (22)#727 (3)#1,654 (12)
2023#1,508 (117)#1,461 (17)—#1,592 (12)
2022#1,566 (113)#1,609 (15)—#1,759 (10)
2021#1,784 (89)#1,984 (11)—#1,478 (13)
2020#1,716 (90)#1,635 (14)—#2,013 (8)
2019#1,762 (88)#1,745 (13)—#1,530 (12)
2018#2,147 (65)#1,991 (11)—#1,389 (13)
2017#2,130 (64)#2,512 (8)—#1,422 (13)
2016#1,799 (84)——#1,683 (10)
2015#1,931 (75)#4,747 (3)—#1,384 (13)
2014#2,044 (69)#1,935 (11)—#2,133 (7)
2013#2,165 (61)#2,954 (6)—#1,470 (12)
2012#2,238 (58)#3,416 (5)—#2,666 (5)
2011#2,478 (50)#3,830 (4)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1882 at #324.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 1979, 12% of US babies named Leander were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leander is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leander by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,011CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Leander (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Leander (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeanderCanadaBoys#1,44316
LeanderEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LeanderEngland & WalesBoys#1,30721
LeanderScotlandBoys—too few
LeanderUSGirls—too few
LeanderUSBoys#1,459122