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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015boysat 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 2015

girls
#16,419
5 births · 1 in 357,020 girls
boys
#103
3,823 births · 1 in 501 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #16,419Leonardo5

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #103Leonardo3,823
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 357,020 of them was named Leonardo, which outranked 14.2% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonardo
  1. #14,482Zymiah6
  2. #14,482Zyria6
  3. #14,482Zyriel6
  4. #16,419Leonardo5
  5. #16,419Aabriella5
  6. #16,419Aada5
  7. #16,419Aailiyah5

Tied with 2,711 names at #16,419; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 501 of them was named Leonardo, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonardo
  1. #100Elias4,101
  2. #101Tristan3,927
  3. #102Roman3,889
  4. #103Leonardo3,823
  5. #104Camden3,771
  6. #105Micah3,767
  7. #106Brody3,747
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015