Leif

What Leif means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Leif yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,061 in 2015 to #917 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Leif?

US: Rising: up from #1061 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1786 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 290 boys got the name (#841 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

• About 1 in 6,646 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,065 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (1.33 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.66 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.58 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Leif is #917 in the US and #1007 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Leif were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lev227 US · 32 E&W
• Life6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Leif

Boys

• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Miles#44Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025

For a sister

• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Wren#231Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #703 in 2015, #231 in 2025
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Leif’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.