Names / Boy names
Leaf
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#4,721
in 1976
First recorded
1971
in U.S. data
Children named
134
since 1971
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #4,721 in 1976 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Leaf first appears in American naming records in 1971, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 134 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.