Leldon

Popularity Trends

The name Leldon is the #7,429 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 310 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 4.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,276 (6.7% percentile) for all time with 310 births since 1914.

Leldon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Leldon is available in 37 out of the 49 years between 1914 and 1962. 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, Leldon reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #536) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1962.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leldon".

1914 1962 19141962

Key Statistics

Total Births

310

Peak Births

Peak Year

1921

First Recorded

1914

Peak Percentile

2.5%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#536

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Leldon", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Leldon.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Leldon's popularity from 1911 to 1965 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Leldon at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Leldon range from Harrel at 86.4% correlation to Bernadean at 83.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 84.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Doris with 465.6K births (99% girls) and the least popular is Haward with 179 births (100% boys).

Leldon's share of births peaked at 16.7 births per million for boys in 1921. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (14% of peak) in 1962. In 1962, the most recent period with data, the name Leldon had 2.4 births per million, 14% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Harrel

764

86.45% (very strong)

June

205.1k

86.28% (very strong)

Dorthey

1,559

85.49% (very strong)

Dartha

382

85.02% (very strong)

Laverne

56.1k

84.93% (very strong)

Doris

465.6k

84.69% (very strong)

Odean

728

84.65% (very strong)

Bette

34.9k

84.58% (very strong)

Haward

179

84.35% (very strong)

Arlyne

1,469

84.14% (very strong)

Lavern

17k

83.91% (very strong)

Bernadean

521

83.90% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Leldon

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Leldon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Leldon is pronounced as LEHL-duhn, which has 2 syllables.

LEHL-duhn

100.0%

LEHL-duhn (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

L EH1 L D AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L EH1 L D AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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