Leland

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Leland: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Leland: Recorded every year since 2005, its highest recorded position is #234, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#234highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#1851
2006	#458
2007	#234
2008	#255
2009	#354
2010	#378
2011	#528
2012	#440
2013	#314
2014	#455
2015	#586
2016	#801
2017	#968
2018	#1235
2019	#1253
2020	#2404
2021	#1329
2022	#1609
2023	#3112
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #2921 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #1851 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #234 among boys in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Leland by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Leland in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	541	5 of 10	108
2010s	661	10 of 10	66
2020s	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 108 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 112, from 70 to 182.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Leland appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #234 in England and Wales in 2007.

Leland's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#968	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#586	63	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#455	87	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#314	136	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#440	90	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#528	66	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#378	107	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#354	110	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#255	170	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#234	182	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#458	70	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #234, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 182 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ciaron · #235, 19y
Shannan · #232, 18y
Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Ariah · #238, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Mallaidh · #237, 11y
Tymon · #231, 22y
Ariah · #238, 18y
Arn · #229, 20y

Leland was ranked #234 in England and Wales · Boys in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Leland and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Leland without appearing here.

Leland moved ahead of

Aria Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1851 and #1851 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #458 and #2870.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1851 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #458 and #2538.
Erin Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1851 and #1534 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #458 and #2282.

Moved ahead of Leland

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Gunnar Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1906.
Andrea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #2007.

Moved the opposite way to Leland

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leland went from #1851 to #2921 while Albie went from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leland went from #1851 to #2921 while Alfred went from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leland went from #1851 to #2921 while Archie went from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leland went from #1851 to #2921 while Arlo went from #766 to #15.

Moved the same way as Leland

Aaron Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leland went from #1851 to #2921 and Aaron from #45 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leland went from #1851 to #2921 and Alan from #241 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leland went from #1851 to #2921 and Alex from #53 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Leland went from #1851 to #2921 and Alexander from #22 to #36.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #234 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leland

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Leland by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Leland at a glance

Leland by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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