LEROY is ranked as the 408th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 151,747.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 47.59 people named LEROY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 92% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named LEROY is 95,697.
The SSA data also shows that LEROY is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
LEROY is
76.9% White,
4.2% Hispanic origin,
15.8% Black,
0.9% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name LEROY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name LEROY is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
French surname
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Norwegian surname - SSB Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name LEROY
The state with the most people named
LEROY is
Texas where
11,949 people have this name.
South Dakota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named LEROY, as
120.23 in every 100,000
South Dakotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
South Dakota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name LEROY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
6,454
50.11
99.3%
Indiana
3,286
49.81
98.8%
Iowa
2,589
83.31
98.9%
Kansas
2,525
86.93
98.4%
Michigan
4,729
47.72
99.5%
Minnesota
4,923
90.2
99.4%
Missouri
2,054
68.61
98.5%
Nebraska
1,643
87.3
97.9%
North Dakota
844
114.18
96.0%
Ohio
4,433
38.24
99.0%
South Dakota
1,026
120.23
96.5%
Wisconsin
4,719
81.97
99.3%
West States
State stats for the first name LEROY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
366
49.72
92.8%
Arizona
2,352
34.94
98.2%
California
11,802
30.42
99.6%
Colorado
2,661
49.68
98.6%
Hawaii
446
31.38
97.1%
Idaho
789
48.25
96.4%
Montana
824
80.47
96.4%
Nevada
1,000
35.21
97.4%
New Mexico
2,039
97.76
98.1%
Oregon
2,002
50.42
98.3%
Utah
1,052
35.74
97.1%
Washington
3,266
46.25
99.2%
Wyoming
448
76.62
94.6%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name LEROY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have LEROY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named LEROY.
The most popular full name is LEROY Johnson.
1.24% of all the people named LEROY
have this family name.
There are 13179 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name LEROY