first name
LELAND
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 29,687 people named Leland, 78.8% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Black and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leland peaked in 2007, when 1,035 babies got the name.
At least 58,556 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Leland by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #410. The largest share of babies named Leland, 19.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Leland is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leland has been most common in South Dakota (2.9×), Nebraska (2.9×), and Kansas (2.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.15×).
51,847 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Leland
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leland, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Leland ranks #7,102 of 156,621, with 4,544 people. See Leland as a last name
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