Leeland

Boy · LEE-lund · English

Leeland is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fallow land”. In 2025 it ranked 1,728th for boys in the US (94 babies).

What does Leeland mean?

English: spelling of Leland, an English surname

“fallow land”

A spelling of Leland, an English surname from Old English words for fallow or untilled land.

Say it: LEE-lund

Is Leeland a girl's or a boy's name?

Leeland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 94 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Leeland in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 18 boys.

Half of all the boys named Leeland in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

2006Busiest: 18 in 20132022

Leeland in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2022	3	#5,017
2021	4	#4,188
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	0	–
2017	9	#2,461
2016	11	#2,143
2015	7	#2,855
2014	8	#2,593
2013	18	#1,445
2012	7	#2,849
2011	8	#2,503
2010	11	#2,013
2009	12	#1,852
2008	13	#1,696
2007	16	#1,458
2006	8	#2,193

How popular is Leeland in the US?

Rank in 2025: #1,728among boys
Babies in 2025: 94about 1 in 18,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 27% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 94 boys in the US were named Leeland, making it the 1,728th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,378th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 183 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the boys named Leeland in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 720 boys in the US were given Leeland or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #446, up from #1,728 for this spelling alone.

Leland 612
Leeland 94
Leiland 14

1915Busiest: 183 in 20122025

Leeland in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	94	#1,728
2024	93	#1,767
2023	100	#1,694
2022	115	#1,551
2021	149	#1,273
2020	127	#1,378
2019	135	#1,337
2018	132	#1,352
2017	126	#1,393
2016	147	#1,252
2015	133	#1,327
2014	132	#1,321
2013	162	#1,119
2012	183	#1,046
2011	144	#1,212
2010	172	#1,108
2009	132	#1,314
2008	91	#1,679
2007	114	#1,423
2006	75	#1,823
2005	33	#3,087
2004	14	#5,487
2003	11	#6,251
2002	6	#9,385
2001	9	#6,928
2000	6	#9,104
1999	6	#8,697
1998	11	#5,460
1997	11	#5,282
1996	11	#5,180
1995	8	#6,400
1994	8	#6,366
1993	6	#7,631
1992	14	#4,106
1991	12	#4,468
1990	17	#3,461
1989	13	#4,011
1988	14	#3,518
1987	10	#4,233
1986	8	#4,848
1985	6	#5,780
1984	6	#5,557
1983	6	#5,481
1982	7	#5,001
1981	6	#5,466
1980	9	#4,133
1979	13	#3,167
1978	10	#3,613
1977	8	#4,162
1976	6	#4,933
1975	8	#3,939
1974	5	#5,225
1973	5	#5,099
1972	14	#2,533
1971	9	#3,368
1970	6	#4,228
1969	10	#2,860
1968	7	#3,364
1967	7	#3,229
1966	6	#3,535
1965	6	#3,535
1964	5	#4,038
1963	9	#2,857
1962	12	#2,363
1961	5	#4,063
1960	0	–
1959	6	#3,618
1958	9	#2,816
1957	5	#3,991
1956	7	#3,214
1955	12	#2,301
1954	0	–
1953	0	–
1952	14	#2,072
1951	12	#2,245
1950	9	#2,579
1949	0	–
1948	6	#3,315
1947	5	#3,731
1946	0	–
1945	6	#2,995
1944	5	#3,428
1943	6	#3,229
1942	0	–
1941	7	#2,871
1940	6	#3,130
1939	7	#2,829
1938	7	#2,868
1937	7	#2,905
1936	11	#2,184
1935	0	–
1934	9	#2,563
1933	7	#3,003
1932	6	#3,360
1931	6	#3,389
1930	7	#3,287
1929	5	#3,957
1928	11	#2,522
1927	12	#2,408
1926	9	#2,902
1925	0	–
1924	14	#2,229
1923	8	#3,173
1922	6	#3,870
1921	14	#2,264
1920	12	#2,458
1919	11	#2,510
1918	6	#3,727
1917	6	#3,543
1916	10	#2,542
1915	7	#3,081

Nicknames for Leeland

Lee 30 boys in the UK in 2025

Names like Leeland

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hudson Grayson Marley Mason Oakley Jaxon Logan Riley Cooper Carter Lucas Finley

Other spellings of Leeland

Leland Leiland

Names related to Leeland

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