Leroy

maleStatistical record

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

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

Leroy: Recorded since 1977, it reached #258 in 1983, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#258highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#914
1998	#1110
1999	#1082
2000	#624
2001	#883
2002	#993
2003	#945
2004	#841
2005	#827
2006	#885
2007	#987
2008	#1024
2009	#1175
2010	#1483
2011	#1087
2012	#1507
2013	#1539
2014	#1178
2015	#1380
2016	#1431
2017	#1398
2018	#1533
2019	#1316
2020	#1935
2021	#1595
2022	#1469
2023	#2007
2024	#2671

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 Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 49 years from 1977 to 2025.

In 2023: #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2007 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1977–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #293 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1977–2025
Highest recorded position: #258 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1983 (recorded 1977–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Leroy appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 538 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1977.

Leroy across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Leroy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#293 (1977)	#258 (1983)	#829 (2025)	19 of 49	80 (1977–2025)	7 (2023)
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#624 (2000)	#2671 (2024)	29 of 29	538 (1996–2024)	29 (2000)

Leroy 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 Leroy in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	58	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	236	10 of 10	24
2010s	182	10 of 10	18
2020s	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

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

Leroy 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 2 regions, from 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #258 in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Leroy'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1024	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#885	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#827	28	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#883	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#624	29	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1977 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #258, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, 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 2 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.

Danial · #258, 32y
Francesco · #258, 31y
Tonny · #258, 30y
Mariel · #257, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Francesco · #258, 31y
Katharine · #258, 37y
Karolis · #257, 30y
Darron · #260, 15y

Leroy was ranked #258 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1983. 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.

Leroy 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 Leroy without appearing here.

Leroy moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #841 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #827 and #1617.
Keith Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1539 and #1539 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1178 and #1935.
Brett Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1935 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Leroy

Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1087 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1507 and #569.
Lars Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #1859.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1207.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Leroy

Adam Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leroy went from #293 to #829 while Adam went from #138 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leroy went from #293 to #829 while Alexander went from #153 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leroy went from #293 to #829 while Benjamin went from #166 to #83.
Cian Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leroy went from #293 to #829 while Cian went from #112 to #33.

Moved the same way as Leroy

Adrian Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leroy went from #293 to #829 and Adrian from #49 to #348.
Daithi Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leroy went from #293 to #829 and Daithi from #333 to #509.
Denis Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leroy went from #293 to #829 and Denis from #54 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Leroy went from #293 to #829 and Edward from #35 to #125.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #258 in Republic of Ireland in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leroy

Leroy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leroy across 2 official records

Leroy by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Leroy appears in

Popularity data

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Leroy at a glance

Leroy across 2 official records

Leroy by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Leroy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Leroy

Leroy and the names beside it

Leroy moved ahead of

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