Leib comes from the Yiddish tradition, meaning Roaring lion.
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How popular is Leib?
2023peak year
Today, Leib is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5831), with only about 17 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2023, 25 babies were given the name (ranked #4287 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Leib has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 419 babies have been registered as Leib since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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