Lief
#10,016 most common boys' name of all time · #25,299 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1948–2023
Rank among boys
#10,016
Rank overall
#25,299 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
279
Since 2016
26
Peak year
1999 #5,398
Best rank
#3,134 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 12/yr
Lief first appears in 1948. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,365 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,126 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,855 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,847 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,852 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,134 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,206 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,193 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,367 |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,398 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,439 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,162 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,015 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,422 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,831 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,317 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,714 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,665 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,696 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,290 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,634 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,344 |
| 1977 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,719 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,801 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,558 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,134 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,818 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,423 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,242 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,275 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,523 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,265 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,927 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,922 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,304 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,269 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,658 |