NameTides

Leeland

Leeland was the #1,728 boys' name in the US in 2025 (94 babies), and #3,153 in Canada.

Leeland as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Leeland 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Leeland 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#1,728 (94)——#3,153 (5)
2024#1,767 (93)——#2,439 (7)
2023#1,694 (100)———
2022#1,551 (115)#4,790 (3)—#2,810 (5)
2021#1,273 (149)#4,789 (3)—#1,761 (10)
2020#1,378 (127)——#1,708 (10)
2019#1,337 (135)——#1,737 (10)
2018#1,352 (132)——#1,682 (10)
2017#1,393 (126)#2,512 (8)—#1,308 (15)
2016#1,252 (147)#2,027 (11)—#2,428 (6)
2015#1,327 (133)#2,707 (7)—#1,458 (12)
2014#1,321 (132)#2,459 (8)—#1,250 (15)
2013#1,119 (162)#1,404 (17)—#1,002 (21)
2012#1,046 (183)#3,987 (4)#669 (3)#1,655 (10)
2011#1,212 (144)#2,390 (8)—#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #1,046.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 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 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Leeland is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leeland 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: #1,280ILMichigan: #768MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #569KYWest 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,478FL
Leeland (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeelandCanadaBoys#3,1535
LeelandEngland & WalesBoys—too few
LeelandNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LeelandScotlandBoys—too few
LeelandUSGirls—too few
LeelandUSBoys#1,72894