Leiby
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LY-bee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
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Leiby is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Leiby mean?
Germanic: Yiddish pet form of Leib 'lion'
“lion”
A Yiddish pet form of Leib, 'lion', traditionally paired with the Hebrew names Aryeh or Yehuda.
Is Leiby a girl's or a boy's name?
Leiby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leiby in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Leiby, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Leiby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
How popular is Leiby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 211% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Leiby, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most boys named Leiby of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Leiby in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leiby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Leiby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Lenny Lawi Kai Henry Harry Billy Bobby Rudy Ozzy Loxley Ziggy
Names related to Leiby
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles
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, “Leiby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leiby, updated 20 October 2026.