Leeroy
Masculine · “the king”
Leeroy is a spelling of Leroy, and Leroy is a French phrase closed up: le roi, the king. It came into English as a surname and became an American given name in its own right.
How old is the name Leeroy?
Leeroy first appears in US birth records in 1887 — 138 years ago. The typical Leeroy alive today was born around 1944, making them about 81 years old. About 2,100 people named Leeroy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leeroy most popular?
Leeroy peaked in 1927, reaching #649 nationally. Today it ranks #3513, 2,864 places below that high. See the whole 1927 chart.
Where it comes from
From le roy to Leeroy
The story of Leeroy
Norman French left a set of English surnames built on titles — Leroy, King, Prince, Duke — none of which claimed rank. They named men who served a lord, or who took the part in a village play, or who simply carried themselves a certain way. Leroy became a widely used American given name in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly in African-American families, and the Leeroy spelling belongs to the same period.
Meaning
the king
From Old French le roy, the king; the surname was a byname for someone who played a king in a pageant, or who worked for one, rather than a claim to royalty.
How the name formed
- le roy
- Leroy
- Leeroy
Related forms: Leroy · King
Pronouncing Leeroy
LEE-roy
Two syllables, first stressed. French would give luh-RWAH, which shares almost nothing with it.
Nicknames for Leeroy
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1887
- Most boys named
- 192888 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #649reached in 1927
- Change vs 2022
- +6.7%32 in 2025, from 30
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Leeroy in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Leroy in French — spelling variant
- King in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Leeroys among us
people named Leeroy are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 53,377 born in 2025 was named Leeroy
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Leeroy
- #3513
- Leeroy on the 2025 chart
- #641
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Leeroy went to 32 boys in 2025, but Leroy is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 301, which makes it the 641st most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,872 places above the chart.
- Leroy269
- Leeroy32
About 1 boy in 5,675 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 53,377 for Leeroy itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Romie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Leeroy's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Romie climbed just as high around 1904, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Romie's path sketches the road Leeroy is walking now.
Leeroy sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Leeroy is headed
Leeroy should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Leeroy beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Leeroy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled and completely transparent meaning.
- Lee and Roy are both complete names in their own right.
- Genuine early twentieth-century American history behind it.
- Leroy is the standard spelling and will be written for him constantly.
- It is strongly associated with a particular era of American life.
- An internet catchphrase has attached itself to the name, which younger people will know.
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Frequently asked
- How many Leeroys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Leeroy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Leeroy?
- Leeroy is one of 2 recorded spellings. Leroy is the more common one — 269 births in 2025 against 32 for Leeroy.
- How popular is the name Leeroy in 2025?
- Leeroy ranks #3513 among US boy names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Leeroy?
- About 1 in every 53,377 US boys born in 2025 was named Leeroy — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Leeroy with classmates?
- Leeroy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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