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Leland
Pronounced /ˈliːlənd/
Rank in 2024
#548
Born in 2024
540
Peak year
2007 · #315
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 540 boys were named Leland, about 1 in every 3,177.
- It peaked in 2007 with 1,029 babies, ranked #315.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 57,374 boys have been named Leland since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Leland per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 0.6Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 11,541 babies, 0.69 per 1,000. Silent: 11,559 babies, 0.56 per 1,000. Boomers: 9,766 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,041 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,342 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,786 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,522 babies, 0.39 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈliːlənd/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Leland, CC BY-SA 4.0.