How Many People Are Named Leif?
people named Leif are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,988 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,002 babies named Leif in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
290 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century. He was the son of Erik the Red.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Leif in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leif alive today is about 28 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leif first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2022, to 290 babies. In 2025, 257 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leif has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #638, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #917.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #917 |
| Best rank | #638 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,025 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leif alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leif were born in California than in any other state: about 1,089 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leif was given 5.9 times as often in Minnesota, 5.7 times in Washington and 3.9 times in Oregon.
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