How Many People Are Named Leroy Yeager?
There are approximately 6 people named Leroy Yeager living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 57,125,723 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Leroy with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Yeager. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
6
1 in 57,125,723 Americans
Combination Rarity
Very Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Leroy: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Leroy. The peak year was 1924 with 3,948 births. The average person named Leroy today is 65 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Leroy
In the 2020 Census, the first name Leroy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (48.80%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (39.20%) and Hispanic (7.05%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Leroy in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Leroy rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Yeager Surname
The surname Yeager was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Yeager in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Leroy" has an estimated frequency of 0.0236% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Yeager" appears at a rate of 7.27 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Leroy are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 6 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Leroy Yeager: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Leroy Yeager?
We estimate approximately 6 people named Leroy Yeager are alive in the United States today. The first name Leroy is shared by 80,730 Americans, and the surname Yeager is shared by 24,917.
How rare is the name Leroy Yeager?
This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 57,125,723 Americans. The first name Leroy is uncommon and the surname Yeager is uncommon.
Is Leroy a male or female name?
Leroy is predominantly male, with 99.4% of bearers being male and 0.6% female. It peaked in popularity in 1924 and the average bearer today is 65 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Leroy?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Leroy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (48.80%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (39.20%) and Hispanic (7.05%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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