# Leland (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leland/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈliːlənd/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 58,556 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 57,999 / 557 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,265, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 12,862 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,901 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,024 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,596 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,870 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,678 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,670 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,538 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,407 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,802 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,560 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,887 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7,116 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,547 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,710 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 950 | 329 |
| 2012 | 897 | 343 |
| 2013 | 774 | 386 |
| 2014 | 759 | 409 |
| 2015 | 857 | 378 |
| 2016 | 758 | 417 |
| 2017 | 817 | 389 |
| 2018 | 747 | 420 |
| 2019 | 743 | 415 |
| 2020 | 635 | 470 |
| 2021 | 721 | 431 |
| 2022 | 609 | 500 |
| 2023 | 568 | 520 |
| 2024 | 546 | 543 |
| 2025 | 612 | 494 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 528 |
| 2012 | 90 | 440 |
| 2013 | 136 | 314 |
| 2014 | 87 | 455 |
| 2015 | 63 | 586 |
| 2016 | 40 | 801 |
| 2017 | 31 | 968 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Leland

- Leland Stanford, American politician and railroad tycoon (1824-1893)
- Leland Orser, American actor
- Leland Sklar, American bassist and session musician
- Leland Ossian Howard, American entomologist (1857-1950)
- Leland Cunningham, American astronomer (1904-1989)
- Leland Yee, American criminal and former Democratic California State Senator
- Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Leland Clark, American chemist (1918–2005)
- Leland L. Jones, American actor
- Leland John Haworth, American particle physicist
- Leland Hayward, American talent agent and theatrical producer (1902-1971)
- Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist (1916-2009)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.