# Leroy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leroy/  
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 | “the king” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Leroi, Leeroy, Elroy |
| US babies named this | 202,163 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 200,981 / 1,182 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 555, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transferred from the common French surname Leroy, meaning "the king".

## What it means

Leroy is grouped under king.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 9 | 5,789 |
| 1972 | 7 | 6,935 |
| 1975 | 12 | 5,017 |
| 1976 | 5 | 10,138 |
| 1977 | 6 | 9,108 |
| 1978 | 8 | 7,341 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,556 |
| 1980 | 10 | 6,564 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,628 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,215 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7,817 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,040 |
| 1986 | 7 | 9,105 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,356 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,419 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 187 | 1,024 |
| 2012 | 227 | 915 |
| 2013 | 206 | 973 |
| 2014 | 191 | 1,047 |
| 2015 | 209 | 989 |
| 2016 | 231 | 922 |
| 2017 | 227 | 927 |
| 2018 | 250 | 875 |
| 2019 | 225 | 955 |
| 2020 | 242 | 923 |
| 2021 | 254 | 906 |
| 2022 | 281 | 860 |
| 2023 | 270 | 872 |
| 2024 | 280 | 864 |
| 2025 | 269 | 888 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,087 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Leroy

- Leroy Sané, German association football player
- Leroy Fer, Dutch association football player (born 1990)
- Leroy Chiao, American astronaut and engineer
- Leroy Burrell, American sprinter
- Leroy Anderson, American composer (1908-1975)
- Leroy Carr, American blues singer, songwriter and pianist (1905–1935)
- Leroy Lita, English footballer
- LeRoy Samse, athletics competitor (1883–1956)
- Leroy Watson, British archer
- LeRoy Pope Walker, Confederate Army general (1817-1884)
- Leroy Grumman, American aerospace engineer (1895–1982)
- Leroy Dixon, American sprinter

## 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.