LEE-lund
Leland
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About Leland
The name Leland is currently ranked #494 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #171 in 1921. The name is most popular in LELAND, LELAND, and LELAND. Leland is occasionally used for girls in 2025.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #409 | 758 | 394.6 |
| 2015 | #378 | 856 | 446.6 |
| 2016 | #417 | 758 | 399.4 |
| 2017 | #389 | 817 | 441.4 |
| 2018 | #420 | 747 | 411.3 |
| 2019 | #415 | 743 | 414.1 |
| 2020 | #470 | 634 | 367.3 |
| 2021 | #433 | 720 | 411.6 |
| 2022 | #500 | 609 | 348.8 |
| 2023 | #520 | 567 | 331.5 |
| 2024 | #547 | 540 | 313.4 |
| 2025 | #494 | 612 | 358.3 |
World rankings
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Famous Lelands
- (Amasa) Leland Stanford
American industrialist and politician
- Leland Bruce "Lee" Sklar
American musician
- Leland Blaine Chapman
American bounty hunter, son of bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman
- Leland Austin aka Yung L.A.
American rapper
- Leland Jones Orser
American actor
- Leland Harrison Hartwell
American biologist and winner of the Nobel Prize
- Leland Hayward
American film producer
- (Leland) Milo Hamilton
American sportscaster
- Leland Francis Fraser (b. 2006)
son of actor Brendan Fraser
Leland in pop culture
- Leland P. Fitzgerald
main character in 2003 movie "The United States of Leland"
- Leland Palmer
character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
- Leland Stottlemeyer
character on TV's "Monk"
- Leland McCauley III and IV
characters in DC Comics
- Leland Fontaine
character in Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress"
- Leland
character in podcast "Welcome to Night Vale"
- Leland Wickstaff
character in children's novel "The Wish Giver"
- General Leland Zevo
character from 1992 film "Toys"
- Captain Leland Gallo
character from The CW TV Show "Valor"
- Leland "Lee" Coulter
character in the Hallmark TV series "When Calls the Heart"
