NameTides

Leroy

Leroy was the #883 boys' name in the US in 2025 (269 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales and #943 in Canada.

Leroy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leroy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Leroy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#883 (269)#1,538 (17)#762 (3)#829 (3)#943 (27)
2024#862 (280)#2,672 (8)——#1,056 (23)
2023#872 (270)#2,008 (11)#728 (3)#472 (7)#1,043 (22)
2022#859 (281)#1,469 (17)——#917 (26)
2021#905 (254)#1,595 (15)——#997 (23)
2020#922 (242)#1,935 (11)—#556 (5)#1,261 (16)
2019#953 (225)#1,316 (19)——#1,205 (17)
2018#872 (250)#1,533 (16)#704 (3)#520 (6)#1,219 (16)
2017#927 (227)#1,398 (18)——#1,038 (21)
2016#922 (231)#1,431 (18)——#1,283 (15)
2015#987 (209)#1,380 (18)—#503 (6)#1,384 (13)
2014#1,047 (191)#1,178 (22)#680 (3)—#1,107 (18)
2013#972 (206)#1,539 (15)—#479 (6)#1,252 (15)
2012#909 (227)#1,507 (16)——#1,403 (13)
2011#1,023 (187)#1,087 (24)—#540 (5)#1,268 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1910 at #50.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,400 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 6,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leroy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,600 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leroy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #373MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #571MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #526PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: 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: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Leroy (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

Leroy (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
LeroyCanadaBoys#94327
LeroyEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
LeroyIrelandBoys#8293
LeroyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LeroyScotlandBoys#7623
LeroyUSGirls—too few
LeroyUSBoys#883269