Names / Boy names
Lief
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#3,147
in 1973
First recorded
1948
in U.S. data
Children named
279
since 1948
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,147 in 1973 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(Scandinavian): beloved, heir (traditional roots vary). It makes its debut in American naming data in 1948. Usage has ticked up in recent years while remaining off the most-common lists. Only about 279 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.