Name meaning & stats
Leroy
Leroy means “the king”. 97,759 US babies since 1940, peak 1943.
What it means
“the king”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1943
97,759 US babies were named Leroy between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Leroy (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Leroy is the main spelling
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1943)