NameTides

Leland

Leland was the #494 boys' name in the US in 2025 (612 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #943 in Canada.

Leland as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Leland as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Leland as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#494 (612)#2,664 (8)——#943 (27)
2024#543 (546)#2,922 (7)#727 (3)—#802 (32)
2023#520 (568)#3,113 (6)——#724 (35)
2022#500 (609)#1,609 (15)#703 (3)—#894 (27)
2021#431 (721)#1,329 (19)#605 (4)—#729 (37)
2020#468 (635)#2,404 (8)——#608 (42)
2019#415 (743)#1,253 (20)#516 (5)—#645 (40)
2018#420 (747)#1,235 (21)——#490 (56)
2017#389 (817)#968 (31)#602 (4)—#559 (48)
2016#417 (758)#801 (40)——#588 (46)
2015#378 (857)#586 (63)#588 (4)—#487 (58)
2014#407 (759)#455 (87)#302 (13)—#531 (52)
2013#386 (774)#314 (136)#269 (15)—#370 (79)
2012#343 (897)#440 (90)#318 (11)—#348 (87)
2011#328 (950)#528 (66)#386 (8)—#292 (106)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1921 at #171.
  • Holding steady 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.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leland is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leland by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #340WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #287MNIllinois: #485ILMichigan: #199MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #378ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #283INOhio: #388OHPennsylvania: #442PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #658CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #392MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #435VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #325TNNorth Carolina: #447NCSouth Carolina: #298SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #809FL
Leland (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#90712

Leland (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
LelandCanadaBoys#94327
LelandEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
LelandNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LelandScotlandBoys—too few
LelandUSGirls#7,49114
LelandUSBoys#494612