NameTides

Leif

Leif was the #917 boys' name in the US in 2025 (257 babies), and #1,007 in England & Wales and #1,127 in Canada.

Leif as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Leif 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Leif 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#917 (257)#1,007 (30)—#1,127 (22)
2024#927 (250)#814 (40)—#927 (27)
2023#860 (279)#827 (39)—#1,234 (17)
2022#841 (290)#967 (31)—#833 (30)
2021#991 (221)#1,782 (13)#720 (3)#695 (39)
2020#910 (245)#1,548 (15)—#761 (32)
2019#1,013 (205)#2,104 (10)#701 (3)#840 (28)
2018#998 (207)#1,455 (17)—#618 (42)
2017#955 (218)#1,703 (14)—#631 (41)
2016#963 (214)#1,704 (14)—#610 (44)
2015#1,061 (187)#1,786 (13)—#690 (37)
2014#1,004 (205)#1,935 (11)—#554 (49)
2013#1,005 (195)#2,954 (6)—#669 (37)
2012#1,060 (179)#2,458 (8)—#608 (40)
2011#1,028 (185)#3,300 (5)—#699 (34)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #841.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,700 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 6,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leif is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 8,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leif by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: #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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #468CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,039TXFlorida: #729FL
Leif (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
LeifCanadaBoys#1,12722
LeifEngland & WalesBoys#1,00730
LeifNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LeifScotlandBoys—too few
LeifUSGirls—too few
LeifUSBoys#917257