Leroy

What Leroy means

Means “the king”

Transferred from the common French surname Leroy, meaning "the king".

Source: Wiktionary, “Leroy” (revision 89354971), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Leroy?

US: Rising: up from #987 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1380 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1910, when 733 boys got the name (#50 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 6,350 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 15,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland 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 MN (0.61 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.58 per 1,000 boys), IA (0.51 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Leroy is #883 in the US and #1538 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 Leroy were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Larry198 US · 7 E&W
• Leeroy32 US
• Leor10 US
• Laray8 US
• Laroi5 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 Leroy

Boys

• Russell#345Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 7,487 babies; 944 in 2025
• Jay#392“victory”^*
• Wayne#652“wagon”^*
• Forrest#374“forest”^*
• Casey#320“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”^*
• Stanley#863“stone + meadow”^*

For a sister

• Holly#416“wood, clearing, meadow”^*
• Darcy#857“to burn, consume”^*
• Lacey#738Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 2,399 babies; 370 in 2025
• Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025
• Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025
• Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Leroy’s. Rank is US 2025.