Leib
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Leib is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Leib mean?
Germanic: Yiddish leyb 'lion', from German
“lion”
A Yiddish name traditionally paired with its Hebrew equivalent Aryeh, as in Aryeh Leib.
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Is Leib a girl's or a boy's name?
Leib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leib in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 boys.
Leib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
How popular is Leib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Leib, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had the most boys named Leib of any year since it first appeared, in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Leib in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
Names like Leib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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