Leeland is an uncommon variant of Leland that peaked in 2012 and has grown less common since.
Leeland is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,740 for boy births in the United States (and #3,713 across all names), given to 94 babies. Leeland first appears in 1915 and peaked in 2012 (183 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,740 |
| 2024 | 98 | 98 | #16,646 | #1,770 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,700 |
| 2022 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,556 |
| 2021 | 154 | 154 | #16,652 | #1,278 |
| 2020 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,380 |
| 2019 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,339 |
| 2018 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,354 |
| 2017 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 147 | 147 | — | #1,253 |
| 2015 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,330 |
| 2014 | 138 | 138 | #15,729 | #1,326 |
| 2013 | 162 | 162 | — | #1,124 |
| 2012 | 183 | 183 | — | #1,047 |
| 2011 | 144 | 144 | — | #1,214 |
| 2010 | 177 | 177 | #18,656 | #1,111 |
| 2009 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,322 |
| 2008 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,685 |
| 2007 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,427 |
| 2006 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,834 |
| 2005 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,138 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,674 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,541 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,151 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,265 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,822 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,417 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,690 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | — | #5,505 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | — | #5,393 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | — | #6,744 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | — | #6,745 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | — | #8,251 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | — | #4,244 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | — | #4,649 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | — | #3,544 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | — | #4,183 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | — | #3,628 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,438 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | — | #5,138 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | — | #6,220 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | — | #6,037 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | — | #5,926 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | — | #5,361 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #5,941 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,354 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | — | #3,275 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | — | #3,739 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | — | #4,419 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | — | #5,330 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | — | #4,155 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | — | #5,676 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | — | #5,550 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | — | #2,606 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | — | #3,547 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,526 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | — | #2,973 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | — | #3,540 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,428 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | — | #3,752 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | — | #3,749 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | — | #4,378 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | — | #2,969 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | — | #2,454 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | — | #4,401 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | — | #3,829 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | — | #2,937 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | — | #4,305 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | — | #3,390 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | — | #2,377 |
| 1952 | 14 | — | — | #2,115 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | — | #2,314 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | — | #2,691 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,513 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | — | #4,029 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,177 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,704 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | — | #3,411 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | — | #3,016 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | — | #3,315 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | — | #2,999 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | — | #3,040 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | — | #3,059 |
| 1936 | 11 | — | — | #2,241 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | — | #2,669 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,160 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | — | #3,595 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | — | #3,602 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | — | #3,459 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | — | #4,308 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | — | #2,578 |
| 1927 | 12 | — | — | #2,473 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #3,030 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | — | #2,302 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | — | #3,327 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | — | #4,107 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | — | #2,321 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | — | #2,537 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | — | #2,596 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | — | #3,965 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | — | #3,789 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | — | #2,650 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | — | #3,243 |