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How popular is “Leland” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leland” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Leland” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Leland” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Leland” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Leland” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Leland” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leland” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 9 0.000044669 9 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 -100%
1883 21 0.000096798 21 -100%
1884 20 0.000082149 6 14 -40%
1885 23 0.000095494 23 -100%
1886 27 0.000105751 27 -100%
1887 20 0.000080843 20 -100%
1888 37 0.00012355 37 -100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 -100%
1890 45 0.000149303 45 -100%
1891 36 0.000125579 36 -100%
1892 57 0.000170468 57 -100%
1893 60 0.000184489 60 -100%
1894 55 0.00016239 55 -100%
1895 54 0.000153837 54 -100%
1896 61 0.000170637 61 -100%
1897 64 0.000184461 5 59 -84%
1898 50 0.000131077 50 -100%
1899 62 0.000182765 62 -100%
1900 76 0.000168792 76 -100%
1901 68 0.000196639 68 -100%
1902 58 0.000149974 58 -100%
1903 75 0.000196747 75 -100%
1904 69 0.00017101 69 -100%
1905 72 0.000169843 6 66 -83%
1906 99 0.000231065 99 -100%
1907 91 0.000195535 5 86 -89%
1908 78 0.000159624 78 -100%
1909 90 0.000176048 90 -100%
1910 97 0.000164209 97 -100%
1911 127 0.00019712 127 -100%
1912 260 0.000263141 8 252 -94%
1913 344 0.000302521 6 338 -97%
1914 422 0.00029795 9 413 -96%
1915 604 0.000329618 7 597 -98%
1916 578 0.000298798 7 571 -98%
1917 627 0.000312446 627 -100%
1918 696 0.000320573 5 691 -99%
1919 675 0.000319868 7 668 -98%
1920 806 0.000356221 7 799 -98%
1921 876 0.00037524 10 866 -98%
1922 777 0.000339426 10 767 -97%
1923 822 0.000357006 15 807 -96%
1924 780 0.00032751 5 775 -99%
1925 858 0.000367719 858 -100%
1926 776 0.000337993 776 -100%
1927 823 0.00035484 823 -100%
1928 805 0.000356047 16 789 -96%
1929 762 0.000347602 762 -100%
1930 716 0.000322046 10 706 -97%
1931 701 0.000333113 7 694 -98%
1932 643 0.000304553 5 638 -98%
1933 650 0.00032509 5 645 -98%
1934 674 0.000324535 9 665 -97%
1935 629 0.000300971 6 623 -98%
1936 596 0.000286872 596 -100%
1937 555 0.000260481 555 -100%
1938 585 0.000264398 585 -100%
1939 570 0.000258686 570 -100%
1940 608 0.00026404 608 -100%
1941 636 0.000261038 636 -100%
1942 680 0.000248918 5 675 -99%
1943 690 0.000244459 14 676 -96%
1944 596 0.000221555 596 -100%
1945 540 0.00020355 540 -100%
1946 569 0.000178074 569 -100%
1947 656 0.000182105 656 -100%
1948 672 0.000194641 672 -100%
1949 633 0.000181647 633 -100%
1950 559 0.000159561 559 -100%
1951 591 0.000160435 591 -100%
1952 603 0.000158768 603 -100%
1953 536 0.000139089 536 -100%
1954 514 0.000129123 514 -100%
1955 569 0.000141716 5 564 -98%
1956 516 0.00012515 516 -100%
1957 480 0.000114227 480 -100%
1958 467 0.000112968 6 461 -97%
1959 431 0.000103656 431 -100%
1960 413 0.000099427 5 408 -98%
1961 430 0.000103807 430 -100%
1962 391 0.000096893 6 385 -97%
1963 360 0.00009095 360 -100%
1964 398 0.000102377 398 -100%
1965 357 0.000098471 357 -100%
1966 344 0.000098974 6 338 -97%
1967 316 0.000093081 316 -100%
1968 254 0.000075183 254 -100%
1969 288 0.00008287 5 283 -97%
1970 268 0.00007431 268 -100%
1971 247 0.000071962 247 -100%
1972 253 0.000080496 253 -100%
1973 241 0.000079884 241 -100%
1974 221 0.000072697 221 -100%
1975 208 0.000068888 5 203 -95%
1976 206 0.00006789 206 -100%
1977 213 0.000067055 6 207 -94%
1978 231 0.000072782 231 -100%
1979 207 0.000062218 207 -100%
1980 209 0.000060676 209 -100%
1981 211 0.000060994 211 -100%
1982 188 0.000053592 6 182 -94%
1983 209 0.000060346 209 -100%
1984 203 0.000058187 203 -100%
1985 166 0.00004651 166 -100%
1986 202 0.000056788 6 196 -94%
1987 214 0.000059352 214 -100%
1988 250 0.000067658 250 -100%
1989 263 0.00006841 263 -100%
1990 277 0.000070083 5 272 -96%
1991 267 0.000068545 267 -100%
1992 226 0.000058835 5 221 -96%
1993 209 0.000055434 5 204 -95%
1994 165 0.000044383 165 -100%
1995 181 0.000049424 6 175 -93%
1996 144 0.000039482 144 -100%
1997 167 0.000046059 167 -100%
1998 140 0.000038062 140 -100%
1999 129 0.000034923 129 -100%
2000 141 0.000037303 5 136 -93%
2001 114 0.000030454 7 107 -88%
2002 141 0.000037718 7 134 -90%
2003 136 0.000035768 7 129 -90%
2004 120 0.000031406 10 110 -83%
2005 380 0.000098834 9 371 -95%
2006 919 0.000232294 16 903 -97%
2007 1035 0.0002589 6 1029 -99%
2008 731 0.000185974 5 726 -99%
2009 905 0.0002369 10 895 -98%
2010 970 0.000262464 7 963 -99%
2011 958 0.000261907 8 950 -98%
2012 905 0.000247446 8 897 -98%
2013 780 0.000213953 7 773 -98%
2014 768 0.00020721 10 758 -97%
2015 867 0.000234267 11 856 -97%
2016 771 0.000210156 13 758 -97%
2017 828 0.000231531 11 817 -97%
2018 758 0.000215592 11 747 -97%
2019 756 0.000217809 13 743 -97%
2020 651 0.000194877 17 634 -95%
2021 738 0.000217831 18 720 -95%
2022 630 0.000186218 21 609 -93%
2023 583 0.000176069 16 567 -95%
2024 558 0.000167643 18 540 -94%

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