Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Leif

#1,176 most common boys' name of all time · #2,808 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#1,176
Rank overall
#2,808 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
10,002
Since 2016
2,386
Peak year
2022 #841
Best rank
#638 1979
Girls Boys peak 290/yr
192019401960198020002020

Leif first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 257 257 #917
2024 — 250 250 #927
2023 — 279 279 #860
2022 — 290 290 #841
2021 — 221 221 #991
2020 — 245 245 #910
2019 — 205 205 #1,015
2018 — 207 207 #1,001
2017 — 218 218 #955
2016 — 214 214 #964
2015 — 187 187 #1,062
2014 — 205 205 #1,004
2013 — 195 195 #1,006
2012 — 179 179 #1,061
2011 — 185 185 #1,028
2010 — 176 176 #1,094
2009 — 175 175 #1,066
2008 — 140 140 #1,243
2007 — 128 128 #1,327
2006 — 135 135 #1,243
2005 — 152 152 #1,085
2004 — 114 114 #1,306
2003 — 138 138 #1,114
2002 — 101 101 #1,319
2001 — 120 120 #1,154
2000 — 126 126 #1,117
1999 — 114 114 #1,153
1998 — 91 91 #1,309
1997 — 81 81 #1,369
1996 — 89 89 #1,249
1995 — 81 81 #1,309
1994 — 84 84 #1,275
1993 — 75 75 #1,315
1992 — 79 79 #1,274
1991 — 97 97 #1,114
1990 — 87 87 #1,170
1989 — 81 81 #1,187
1988 — 94 94 #1,008
1987 — 97 97 #956
1986 — 113 113 #855
1985 — 110 110 #861
1984 — 113 113 #823
1983 — 136 136 #742
1982 — 164 164 #678
1981 5 154 159 #697
1980 — 169 169 #664
1979 — 181 181 #638
1978 — 124 124 #759
1977 — 82 82 #943
1976 — 90 90 #879
1975 — 109 109 #798
1974 — 97 97 #819
1973 — 95 95 #813
1972 — 109 109 #764
1971 — 114 114 #770
1970 — 157 157 #654
1969 — 135 135 #679
1968 — 102 102 #741
1967 — 96 96 #755
1966 — 72 72 #858
1965 — 83 83 #813
1964 — 80 80 #851
1963 — 86 86 #819
1962 — 77 77 #869
1961 — 77 77 #873
1960 — 78 78 #866
1959 — 61 61 #989
1958 — 48 48 #1,110
1957 — 58 58 #1,002
1956 — 44 44 #1,151
1955 — 44 44 #1,133
1954 — 46 46 #1,109
1953 — 46 46 #1,088
1952 — 34 34 #1,287
1951 — 21 21 #1,672
1950 — 40 40 #1,138
1949 — 38 38 #1,157
1948 — 23 23 #1,546
1947 — 21 21 #1,686
1946 — 20 20 #1,633
1945 — 17 17 #1,678
1944 — 13 13 #2,059
1943 — 17 17 #1,819
1942 — 18 18 #1,713
1941 — 13 13 #2,053
1940 — 16 16 #1,784
1939 — 19 19 #1,571
1938 — 13 13 #2,051
1937 — 13 13 #2,061
1936 — 8 8 #2,751
1935 — 7 7 #3,094
1934 — 8 8 #2,871
1933 — 7 7 #3,113
1932 — 12 12 #2,280
1931 — 14 14 #2,067
1930 — 10 10 #2,703
1929 — 15 15 #2,069
1928 — 14 14 #2,234
1927 — 10 10 #2,821
1926 — 16 16 #2,049
1925 — 15 15 #2,166
1924 — 11 11 #2,728
1923 — 12 12 #2,542
1922 — 14 14 #2,313
1921 — 13 13 #2,457
1920 — 6 6 #3,944
1919 — 20 20 #1,747
1918 — 18 18 #1,894
1917 — 17 17 #1,883
1916 — 17 17 #1,840
1915 — 21 21 #1,551
1914 — 14 14 #1,767
1913 — 13 13 #1,578
1912 — 7 7 #2,236