Leon
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243 · #138 for boys in 2025, 2,583 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1926 · 2,647 births
- Debut · boys
- 118 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 57 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 182,638since 1880
Leon over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #138 | 2,583 | |
| 2024 | — | #141 | 2,572 | |
| 2023 | — | #148 | 2,459 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #158 | 2,374 |
| 2021 | — | #177 | 2,198 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #196 | 1,924 |
| 2019 | — | #208 | 1,866 | |
| 2018 | — | #238 | 1,605 | |
| 2017 | — | #244 | 1,518 | |
| 2016 | — | #277 | 1,313 | |
| 2015 | — | #314 | 1,140 | |
| 2014 | — | #321 | 1,081 | |
| 2013 | — | #324 | 1,021 | |
| 2012 | — | #356 | 859 | |
| 2011 | — | #406 | 696 | |
| 2010 | — | #417 | 669 | |
| 2009 | — | #445 | 628 | |
| 2008 | — | #499 | 549 | |
| 2007 | — | #488 | 543 | |
| 2006 | — | #502 | 517 | |
| 2005 | — | #524 | 470 | |
| 2004 | — | #520 | 462 | |
| 2003 | — | #497 | 495 | |
| 2002 | — | #487 | 472 | |
| 2001 | — | #490 | 469 | |
| 2000 | — | #499 | 457 | |
| 1999 | — | #480 | 463 | |
| 1998 | — | #476 | 460 | |
| 1997 | — | #489 | 436 | |
| 1996 | — | #458 | 473 | |
| 1995 | — | #452 | 503 | |
| 1994 | — | #421 | 544 | |
| 1993 | — | #425 | 531 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #388 | 591 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #391 | 581 |
| 1990 | — | #390 | 594 | |
| 1989 | — | #351 | 647 | |
| 1988 | — | #320 | 675 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #318 | 662 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #299 | 688 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #283 | 727 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #262 | 797 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #263 | 784 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #252 | 874 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #252 | 869 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #248 | 904 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #242 | 907 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #228 | 924 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #228 | 948 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #221 | 924 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #233 | 884 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #218 | 973 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #217 | 1,008 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #218 | 1,024 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #227 | 1,040 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #207 | 1,222 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #213 | 1,151 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #196 | 1,197 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #195 | 1,198 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #187 | 1,308 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #199 | 1,263 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #190 | 1,482 |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 | #201 | 1,477 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #196 | 1,542 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #194 | 1,558 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | #189 | 1,647 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #176 | 1,748 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #163 | 1,932 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #166 | 1,888 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #153 | 2,043 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | #143 | 2,141 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #140 | 2,146 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #137 | 2,273 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #124 | 2,377 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #122 | 2,366 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #119 | 2,427 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #121 | 2,425 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #119 | 2,384 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | #117 | 2,487 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #113 | 2,339 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #111 | 2,098 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #108 | 2,151 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #103 | 2,451 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #93 | 2,550 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #93 | 2,375 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #89 | 2,318 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | #86 | 2,327 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #85 | 2,355 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | #85 | 2,325 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #82 | 2,282 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | #86 | 2,282 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | #87 | 2,306 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | #85 | 2,187 |
| 1932 | #1,421 | 28 | #83 | 2,295 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 | #84 | 2,245 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | #81 | 2,401 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #81 | 2,336 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #81 | 2,460 |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 | #78 | 2,602 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 | #73 | 2,647 |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | #76 | 2,636 |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 | #76 | 2,677 |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 | #77 | 2,528 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 | #77 | 2,521 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 | #74 | 2,616 |
| 1920 | #1,171 | 42 | #75 | 2,554 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 | #80 | 2,250 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 | #77 | 2,442 |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 | #82 | 2,102 |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | #85 | 1,954 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 | #82 | 1,977 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | #85 | 1,414 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | #81 | 1,160 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | #79 | 1,006 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #77 | 540 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 | #81 | 435 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | #80 | 377 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | #84 | 327 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #80 | 324 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | #87 | 263 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #87 | 274 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #90 | 241 |
| 1903 | — | #76 | 287 | |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | #86 | 248 |
| 1901 | — | #87 | 208 | |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #85 | 310 |
| 1899 | — | #93 | 188 | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | #83 | 251 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #81 | 229 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | #86 | 235 |
| 1895 | — | #87 | 219 | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #84 | 236 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #88 | 211 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #100 | 187 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | #104 | 150 |
| 1890 | — | #86 | 197 | |
| 1889 | — | #94 | 184 | |
| 1888 | — | #90 | 196 | |
| 1887 | — | #99 | 147 | |
| 1886 | — | #109 | 142 | |
| 1885 | — | #99 | 146 | |
| 1884 | — | #102 | 150 | |
| 1883 | — | #97 | 140 | |
| 1882 | — | #114 | 131 | |
| 1881 | — | #104 | 121 | |
| 1880 | — | #114 | 118 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leon was already there! It came in at #114, and was given to 118 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 160 boys a year got the name.
See more about Leon
- 3 spots since 2024 (#141 → #138)
- 58 spots since 2020 (#196 → #138)
- 176 spots since 2015 (#314 → #138)
- Biggest jump: 54 spots in 2009 (#499 → #445)
- Biggest drop: 39 spots in 1990 (#351 → #390)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1926 at #73 (2,647 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 57 yrs · run 1892–1942
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 415 boys born in 1918 were named Leon (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 661 boys born in 2025 (0.15%)
- Its best rank, #73 in 1926, was only 1 in 420 (0.24%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.0% of all boys named Leon (25,577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,475 | #90 (1888) | #102 |
| 1890s | 2,103 | #81 (1897) | #89 |
| 1900s | 2,859 | #76 (1903) | #84 |
| 1910s | 15,280 | #77 (1918) | #81 |
| 1920s | 25,577 | #73 (1926) | #77 |
| 1930s | 23,005 | #81 (1930) | #84 |
| 1940s | 23,578 | #89 (1940) | #107 |
| 1950s | 21,341 | #119 (1950) | #144 |
| 1960s | 13,823 | #187 (1966) | #196 |
| 1970s | 9,854 | #207 (1970) | #224 |
| 1980s | 7,627 | #248 (1980) | #285 |
| 1990s | 5,176 | #388 (1992) | #437 |
| 2000s | 5,062 | #445 (2009) | #495 |
| 2010s | 11,768 | #208 (2019) | #311 |
| 2020s | 14,110 | #138 (2025) | #160 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Leon in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 37,285 of them was named Leon, which outranked 74.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,337Verta30
- #1,337Vira30
- #1,337Virgina30
- #1,377Leon29
- #1,377Aimee29
- #1,377Albena29
- #1,377Bobby29
- #1,402Arbutus28
- #1,402Archie28
- #1,402Berdie28
Tied with 24 names at #1,377; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 440 of them was named Leon, which outranked 98.2% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.