Leonardo

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #91 for boys in 2025, 3,789 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 4,367 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
96,066
since 1885

Leonardo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#913,789
2024#843,966
2023#844,030
2022#13,5926#754,367
2021#874,105
2020#864,104
2019#13,7996#864,427
2018#934,223
2017#974,131
2016#964,325
2015#16,4195#1033,823
2014#16,5135#1143,450
2013#1312,909
2012#12,1998#1522,684
2011#1492,641
2010#13,4487#1502,617
2009#1642,368
2008#17,5045#1682,346
2007#1642,527
2006#1832,187
2005#13,0107#1862,146
2004#9,89210#1951,964
2003#2111,708
2002#15,4325#2301,460
2001#11,0208#2341,453
2000#10,7458#2531,331
1999#14,4115#2541,231
1998#14,1225#2571,160
1997#357707
1996#401585
1995#401570
1994#378621
1993#11,7806#368643
1992#7,06712#381601
1991#11,5096#374612
1990#12,9585#415555
1989#477398
1988#486356
1987#11,3255#498320
1986#10,9125#496310
1985#502301
1984#489295
1983#514266
1982#8,2247#480314
1981#491290
1980#449344
1979#500277
1978#529243
1977#512256
1976#502255
1975#9,0675#480277
1974#488268
1973#525223
1972#500249
1971#539221
1970#573198
1969#630157
1968#631144
1967#608152
1966#590162
1965#665124
1964#679129
1963#667137
1962#651141
1961#640149
1960#752105
1959#691122
1958#721106
1957#78990
1956#80985
1955#78686
1954#73596
1953#78682
1952#77582
1951#87464
1950#83666
1949#85664
1948#93355
1947#98452
1946#80967
1945#79161
1944#83257
1943#96948
1942#1,05441
1941#98742
1940#1,03139
1939#1,01539
1938#1,04338
1937#1,09435
1936#1,06836
1935#80359
1934#88850
1933#94644
1932#1,00443
1931#1,05041
1930#1,06942
1929#85959
1928#96350
1927#85862
1926#85560
1925#1,10840
1924#1,02048
1923#1,00848
1922#1,04645
1921#1,05844
1920#96052
1919#1,09739
1918#1,07940
1917#1,03340
1916#1,33526
1915#1,37224
1914#1,00331
1913#1,25617
1912#1,26814
1911#92513
1910#92812
1909#84012
1908#1,3735
1907#1,0947
1906
1905#9198
1904
1903
1902#1,0136
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1885#9365
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Leonardo! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1901, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Leonardo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#84#91)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#86#91)
  • 12 spots since 2015 (#103#91)
  • Biggest jump: 533 spots in 1909 (#1,373#840)
  • Biggest drop: 343 spots in 1912 (#925#1,268)
Rise & fade · boys
137 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2022 at #75 (4,367 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
  • Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1943–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 400
  • Highest: 1 in 400 boys born in 2022 were named Leonardo (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 451 boys born in 2025 (0.22%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.7% of all boys named Leonardo (35,230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s0
1900s38#840 (1909)#1,048
1910s256#925 (1911)#1,130
1920s508#855 (1926)#974
1930s427#803 (1935)#998
1940s526#791 (1945)#925
1950s879#691 (1959)#780
1960s1,400#590 (1966)#651
1970s2,467#480 (1975)#515
1980s3,194#449 (1980)#488
1990s7,285#254 (1999)#359
2000s19,490#164 (2007)#199
2010s35,230#86 (2019)#117
2020s24,361#75 (2022)#85

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.

Leonardo in 1999

girls
#14,411
5 births · 1 in 354,765 girls
boys
#254
1,231 births · 1 in 1,560 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #14,411Leonardo5

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #254Leonardo1,231
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 354,765 of them was named Leonardo, which outranked 15.0% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonardo
  1. #12,688Zuriel6
  2. #12,688Zyana6
  3. #12,688Zyia6
  4. #14,411Leonardo5
  5. #14,411Aalijah5
  6. #14,411Aania5
  7. #14,411Aanya5

Tied with 2,536 names at #14,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,407Citlalli#2,338#931
  2. 1,329Noelia#2,048#719
  3. 1,060Amaya#1,458#398
  4. 864Kyara#1,789#925
  5. 604Journey#1,557#953
Fallers
  1. 579Erykah#779#1,358
  2. 417Tea#747#1,164
  3. 415Tasia#800#1,215
  4. 406Monika#930#1,336
  5. 357Chase#952#1,309

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 1,560 of them was named Leonardo, which outranked 97.8% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonardo
  1. #251Gary1,253
  2. #252Julio1,244
  3. #253Zane1,241
  4. #254Leonardo1,231
  5. #254Jayden1,231
  6. #256Ty1,223
  7. #257Elias1,220
  8. #258Zachery1,219

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,239Trajan#2,235#996
  2. 669Tyreese#1,558#889
  3. 595Latrell#1,231#636
  4. 420Zion#694#274
  5. 414Xander#1,338#924
Fallers
  1. 381Jaret#555#936
  2. 362Kordell#841#1,203
  3. 313Juwan#524#837
  4. 296Jarett#743#1,039
  5. 288Christion#989#1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1999