Leeroy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEE-roy
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Leeroy is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “the king”. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Leeroy mean?
French: spelling of Leroy; from Old French le roi
“the king”
From the Old French le roi, the king, which began as a nickname surname before becoming a first name.
Meaning borrowed from Leroy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Leeroy a girl's or a boy's name?
Leeroy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leeroy in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Leeroy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leeroy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Leeroy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Leeroy, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1927, with 95 boys. It first appears in the records in 1887.
2025 had more boys named Leeroy than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Leeroy in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 301 boys in the US were given Leeroy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #767, up from #3,512 for this spelling alone.
- Leroy 269
- Leeroy 32
Leeroy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,612 |
| 1965 | 31 | #1,385 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,422 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,294 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,571 |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,346 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,005 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 57 | #922 |
| 1946 | 56 | #878 |
| 1945 | 65 | #761 |
| 1944 | 59 | #814 |
| 1943 | 54 | #908 |
| 1942 | 54 | #900 |
| 1941 | 54 | #858 |
| 1940 | 57 | #830 |
| 1939 | 66 | #738 |
| 1938 | 61 | #784 |
| 1937 | 71 | #713 |
| 1936 | 69 | #719 |
| 1935 | 64 | #771 |
| 1934 | 60 | #798 |
| 1933 | 80 | #650 |
| 1932 | 79 | #691 |
| 1931 | 56 | #841 |
| 1930 | 79 | #699 |
| 1929 | 81 | #683 |
| 1928 | 88 | #669 |
| 1927 | 95 | #649 |
| 1926 | 82 | #699 |
| 1925 | 71 | #779 |
| 1924 | 74 | #782 |
| 1923 | 80 | #729 |
| 1922 | 86 | #702 |
| 1921 | 87 | #692 |
| 1920 | 78 | #739 |
| 1919 | 77 | #720 |
| 1918 | 70 | #780 |
| 1917 | 51 | #892 |
| 1916 | 44 | #964 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 35 | #933 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
Nicknames for Leeroy
- Roy 48 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Leeroy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leon Harry Stanley Teddy Leo Louie Harvey Henry Charlie Freddie Sidney Harley
Other spellings of Leeroy
More French names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Leeroy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leeroy, updated 20 October 2026.