boys:
380 births since 1913
#4206 (8th percentile)
overall:
380 births since 1913
#7359 (5th percentile)
The name Leeman is the #7,359 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 380 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 4.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,206 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 380 births since 1913.
Leeman first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for boys in 1913). Birth data for Leeman is available in 45 out of the 100 years between 1913 and 2012. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Leeman reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #519) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leeman".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Leeman is pronounced as LEE-muhn, which has 2 syllables.
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