Lief Popularity by Year
Follow Lief across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Lief birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Boys | 11 | #7,289 | Up 1,701 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 8 | #8,990 | Up 706 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 7 | #9,696 | Down 41 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 7 | #9,655 | Up 2,898 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 1,632 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 6 | #10,921 | Down 27 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 3,839 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 9 | #7,055 | Up 2,057 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 6 | #9,112 | Down 3,795 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 12 | #5,317 | Up 997 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 9 | #6,314 | Up 2,554 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 1,098 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 6 | #7,770 | Down 592 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Down 1,563 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 8 | #5,615 | Up 1,336 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 2,399 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 8 | #4,552 | Down 53 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 8 | #4,499 | Up 10 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 8 | #4,509 | Down 375 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 9 | #4,134 | Up 1,221 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 6 | #5,355 | Down 1,198 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 8 | #4,157 | Down 551 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 10 | #3,606 | Up 53 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 9 | #3,659 | Up 1,568 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 5 | #5,227 | Down 2,214 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 11 | #3,013 | Up 609 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 8 | #3,622 | Down 340 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 9 | #3,282 | Down 220 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 9 | #3,062 | Up 45 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 8 | #3,107 | Up 841 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 5 | #3,948 | Down 666 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 7 | #3,282 | Down 238 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 8 | #3,044 | Up 596 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 6 | #3,640 | Down 21 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 6 | #3,619 | Up 267 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 5 | #3,886 | Down 59 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 5 | #3,827 | Down 511 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 6 | #3,316 | — |