Leron
Masculine · “my song”
Leron has two entirely respectable explanations and no way to choose. In Hebrew, li ron means my song — a real name, given in Israel to boys and girls, usually written Liron. In American naming, Le- is one of the standard front syllables and -ron is a standard base. The same six letters arrive from two directions and land in the same place.
How old is the name Leron?
Leron first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Leron alive today was born around 1986, making them about 39 years old. About 1,600 people named Leron are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leron most popular?
Leron peaked in 1975, reaching #1361 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 10,647 places below that high. See the whole 1975 chart.
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Where it comes from
From li-ron to Leron
The story of Leron
Modern Hebrew naming, from the late nineteenth century onward, deliberately built new names out of ordinary words — light, song, dew, dawn — and Liron belongs to that project rather than to the biblical stock. It traveled with Israeli and Jewish American families. Meanwhile, and quite separately, American families were assembling names from front syllables and short bases, and Leron is one of the shapes that came out of that. The two streams meet at a single spelling, and the record cannot tell them apart, which is why any honest account of this name has to give both.
Meaningscholars disagree
my song
If the name is the Hebrew Liron, the meaning is clear: li, mine, and ron, song or joyful shout — a small complete phrase, of the kind modern Hebrew naming favors. If it was built from the American prefix and the base that Ron and Deron share, then no meaning attaches. Both are entirely plausible for a name that appears in US records across most of the twentieth century.
How the name formed
- li-ron
- Liron
- Leron
Related forms: Liron
Pronouncing Leron
luh-RON
Two syllables with the stress at the back in American use. The Hebrew name puts it at the back too — lee-RON — with a fuller first vowel. The versions are close enough that neither community has to adjust much.
Nicknames for Leron
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
- 1918
- Most boys named
- 199047 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1361reached in 1975
- Change vs 2023
- −37.5%5 in 2025, from 8
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.
Leron in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Liron in Hebrew — related form
Lerons among us
people named Leron are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Leron
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dearl test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Leron's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dearl climbed just as high around 1933, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dearl's path sketches the road Leron is walking now.
Leron 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
Leron beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Leron in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both possible origins are real and neither is embarrassing, so the name has something to say either way.
- It shortens two different ways, and the two short forms have entirely different characters.
- Six letters, two syllables, and no spelling difficulty in English or Hebrew.
- Liron, Leron and Lerone all appear in American records and will be used interchangeably.
- The meaning cannot be given without a qualification, which is honest but unsatisfying to relatives who ask.
- In English-speaking settings the Hebrew reading is invisible; nobody will hear the song in it unless told.
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Leron
Masculine · #12008 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Lerons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Leron are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Leron in 2025?
- Leron ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Leron?
- About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Leron — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Leron with classmates?
- Leron will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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