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Baby name
Leland
Boy
Origin of the name
Leland was first an English place name and surname, from words meaning “fallow land.”
Classic name
57,999births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 315rank at its peak, in 2007
Where babies named Leland are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Leland is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Leland is most common in South Dakota (2.9 times), Nebraska (2.9) and Kansas (2.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Leeland 3,288
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