How rare is the name Leroy?

67,707 people in the United States have the first name Leroy, about 1 in 4,461. It ranks #750 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEROY

#750

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
67,707
About
1 in 4,461
This common or more
65.6%
Who bears it

Of the 67,707 people named Leroy, 48.8% reported their origin as White, 39.2% as Black and 7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leroy peaked in 1924, when 3,948 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1924
Births that year
3,948
In 2025*
269 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 202,163 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.

Leroy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #121. The largest share of babies named Leroy, 32.3%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#2361,574
1890s#2382,544
1900s#2034,305
1910s#15021,388
1920s#12638,114
1930s#12136,479
1940s#18334,049
1950s#28324,774
1960s#39815,330
1970s#5418,469
1980s#7445,650
1990s#1,1703,559
2000s#1,9562,159
2010s#2,0802,173
2020s#1,8391,596
Before 19012.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4532.3%
Baby boom 1946–6423%
Generation X 1965–807.8%
Millennials 1981–963.8%
Generation Z 1997–121.8%
2013 and later1.6%

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 Leroy is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leroy has been most common in South Carolina (3.8×), South Dakota (2.7×), and Mississippi (2.6×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.08×).

189,262 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 Leroy

#748 Breanna · 68,070#749 Dave · 67,929#751 Harrison · 67,132#752 Brody · 67,093

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leroy, most common first.

#7,192 Leeroy · 2,143#35,436 Lerry · 227#37,262 Leray · 210#37,508 Leroi · 208

Also a last name

As a last name, Leroy ranks #4,664 of 156,621, with 7,374 people. See Leroy as a last name

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