How Many People Are Named Leander?
people named Leander are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 84,831 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,956 babies named Leander in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
122 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of the Greek name Λεανδρος (Leandros), derived from λεων (leon) meaning "lion" and ανηρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ανδρος). In Greek legend Leander was the lover of Hero. Every night he swam across the Hellespont to meet her, but on one occasion he was drowned when a storm arose. When Hero saw his dead body she threw herself into the waters and perished.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Leander, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leander alive today is about 36 years old, and 45% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leander first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 122 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leander has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #326, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #1,463.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,463 |
| Best rank | #326 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #722 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leander alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leander were born in Arizona than in any other state: about 173 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leander was given 9.1 times as often in Arizona, 6.6 times in Minnesota and 4.5 times in North Carolina.
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