Boy Names That Start With L

These are the 80 boy names that start with L, have reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880, and still go to boys rather than girls today. Ranked by the number of boys given each name in 2025, most common first.

All 80 names

1. Liam #1 20,818
2. Lucas #10 10,219
3. Levi #12 9,642
4. Luca #14 8,759
5. Leo #19 8,173
6. Luke #33 6,948
7. Logan #53 5,576
8. Lincoln #69 4,703
9. Luka #85 3,873
10. Leonardo #91 3,789
11. Lorenzo #117 3,065
12. Landon #127 2,840
13. Leon #138 2,583
14. Luis #144 2,475
15. Legend #193 1,862
16. Louis #249 1,391
17. Lane #250 1,383
18. Lukas #288 1,161
19. Lennox #289 1,160
20. Luciano #305 1,118
21. Leonel #350 942
22. Lawson #381 830
23. Leandro #406 785
24. Lucca #425 757
25. Lian #428 752
26. Lewis #433 736
27. Lucian #462 670
28. Leland #494 612
29. Leonidas #510 591
30. Lawrence #518 578
31. Louie #596 481
32. Leonard #637 438
33. Lionel #659 419
34. Lee #725 366
35. Lance #862 279
36. Leroy #883 269
37. Lucien #897 265
38. Landen #1044 212
39. Lyle #1046 211
40. Larry #1084 198
41. Landyn #1123 190
42. Lucius #1128 189
43. Leander #1459 122
44. Luther #1459 122
45. Lamar #1514 115
46. Lloyd #1547 111
47. Lester #1634 103
48. Laurence #1743 93
49. Lonnie #1837 86
50. Lou #1919 81
51. Lemuel #2020 74
52. Lyndon #2183 65
53. Lamont #2718 47
54. Loren #3036 40
55. Lowell #3240 36
56. Larkin #3379 34
57. Lavern #4050 26
58. Lonzo #4139 25
59. Lucious #4139 25
60. Lynn #5861 15
61. Ludwig #6803 12
62. Len #8910 8
63. Lafayette #9714 7
64. Lavar #9714 7
65. Lupe #9714 7
66. Lyman #10695 6
67. Lafe #12008 5
68. Lenard #12008 5
69. Lew #12008 5
70. Loyd #12008 5
71. Lanny
72. Laverne
73. Lem
74. Levar
75. Lige
76. Linwood
77. Lon
78. Lonie
79. Loy
80. Lum

Also starting with L, and now given almost only to girls: Lillian, Leslie, Linda, Lindsey, Lindy, Lindsay, Lacy

Boy names that start with L in the 2025 data

L is the third most common first letter for boys born in 2025: 127,276 of them, 7.5% of every boy in the file. It has climbed from fifth place a decade ago, and its share has grown from 6.5% to 7.5%.

This list holds the 80 of those names that reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to boys rather than girls. The most common today is Liam, #1 with 20,818 boys in 2025. 10 of the 80 are in this year's top 100, and 70 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Seven other names starting with L are left out — Lillian, Leslie and Linda among them. Each reached the top 500 among boys at some point, but fewer than one in ten children given it over the last ten years was a boy. Together they account for 113,595 of those 127,276 boys — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.

The fastest climber among them is Lian, up from #1,141 in 2015 to #428 in 2025. Leland has gone the other way, from #378 to #494. The shortest name here is Lee at 3 letters, the longest Lafayette at 9.

Questions about boy names that start with L

What is the most popular boy name that starts with L?

Liam. 20,818 boys were given the name in 2025, which put it at #1 nationally.

How many boy names start with L?

80 have reached the top 500 as a boy's name and still go to boys today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 127,276 boys born in 2025 — 7.5% of the total — were given a name starting with L.

Are boy names that start with L getting more popular?

L is gaining ground. It was fifth among first letters for boys a decade ago with 6.5% of births, and it is third in 2025 with 7.5%.