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Leroy
Pronounced /ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/
Rank in 2024
#864
Born in 2024
278
Peak year
1924 · #53
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 278 boys were named Leroy, about 1 in every 6,170.
- It peaked in 1924 with 3,922 babies, ranked #53.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 200,702 boys have been named Leroy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Leroy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.3Greatest1901–27
- 3.1Silent1928–45
- 1.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.6Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 55,337 babies, 3.31 per 1,000. Silent: 64,818 babies, 3.14 per 1,000. Boomers: 46,207 babies, 1.23 per 1,000. Gen X: 15,698 babies, 0.58 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,616 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,627 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,862 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Transferred from the common French surname Leroy, meaning "the king".
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Leroy, CC BY-SA 4.0.