How Many People Are Named Leroy?
people named Leroy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,745 people in the US has this name
Based on 202,163 babies named Leroy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,948 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the French nickname le roi meaning "the king". It has been common as an English given name since the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Leroy in English. Counting Leroy and these spellings together, about 72,142 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Leroy, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leroy alive today is about 61 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leroy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 3,948 babies. In 2025, 269 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leroy never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #50, in 1907, 1910 and 1935, and it was in the top 100 for 68 years, 1881 to 1948. In 2025 it ranked #888.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #888 |
| Best rank | #50 (1907, 1910 and 1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | 68 (1881 to 1948) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #53 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leroy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leroy were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,559 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leroy was given 3.2 times as often in South Carolina, 2.4 times in New Mexico and 2.2 times in Louisiana.
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