Leonia

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251

Peak · girls
1903 · 20 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,567
since 1882

Leonia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leonia has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #760, 1903girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021#15,2515
2020
2019#15,5395
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011#14,8246
2010
2009#15,2426
2008#15,4056
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989#8,7618
1988#10,3866
1987
1986#9,5456
1985
1984#10,4225
1983
1982
1981#6,8049
1980#9,0956
1979#10,2105
1978#9,7505
1977#6,8928
1976
1975
1974#8,7755
1973#6,6667
1972#8,2925
1971#8,3245
1970#7,0706
1969#6,6176
1968
1967#3,65613
1966#4,4939
1965#4,20210
1964#3,87912
1963#5,8916
1962#5,8606
1961
1960#4,7738
1959
1958#5,4086
1957#3,69611
1956#2,92916
1955#4,3768
1954#2,51919
1953#3,48011
1952#2,26621
1951#2,69415
1950#2,05322
1949#4,2357
1948#2,97412
1947#2,20020
1946#2,48215
1945#2,23715
1944#2,28715
1943#1,90021
1942#2,04618
1941#1,88219
1940#1,84519
1939#2,59211
1938#1,59623
1937#1,67921
1936#1,50724
1935#1,60622
1934#1,34429
1933#1,47025
1932#1,75420
1931#1,87618
1930#1,37131
1929#1,64223
1928#1,29035
1927#1,42332
1926#1,44931
1925#1,44332
1924#1,53330
1923#1,23140
1922#1,20741
1921#1,92721
1920#1,47030
1919#1,36932
1918#1,16541
1917#1,30731
1916#1,18936
1915#1,19033
1914#1,22825
1913#1,40517
1912#1,08023
1911#1,24114
1910#99719
1909#84523
1908#1,13513
1907#1,03714
1906#1,00214
1905#92616
1904#1,00113
1903#76020
1902#87216
1901#88114
1900#88518
1899#1,03410
1898#1,1719
1897#1,2637
1896#1,1229
1895#98611
1894#95011
1893#1,0918
1892#1,0858
1891#1,0068
1890#1,2106
1889#1,1476
1888#9598
1887
1886#1,1085
1885#1,0475
1884
1883#9205
1882#8136
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Leonia! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Leonia is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Leonia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1909 (#1,135#845)
  • Biggest drop: 244 spots in 1911 (#997#1,241)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1903 at #760 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1900–1903
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,099
  • Highest: 1 in 13,099 girls born in 1903 were named Leonia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.1% of all girls named Leonia (315) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s35#813 (1882)#999
1890s87#950 (1894)#1,092
1900s161#760 (1903)#934
1910s271#997 (1910)#1,217
1920s315#1,207 (1922)#1,462
1930s224#1,344 (1934)#1,680
1940s161#1,845 (1940)#2,409
1950s129#2,053 (1950)#3,269
1960s70#3,656 (1967)#4,921
1970s46#6,666 (1973)#8,247
1980s40#6,804 (1981)#9,169
1990s0
2000s12#15,242 (2009)#15,324
2010s11#14,824 (2011)#15,182
2020s5#15,251 (2021)#15,251

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Leonia in 1882

girls
#813
6 births · 1 in 17,975 girls

Top girls' names in 1882

  1. #1Mary8,148
  2. #2Anna3,143
  3. #3Emma2,303
  4. #4Elizabeth2,186
  5. #5Minnie2,004
  6. #6Margaret1,821
  7. #7Ida1,673
  8. #8Alice1,542
  9. #9Bertha1,508
  10. #10Annie1,492
  11. #813Leonia6
More about 1882

girls

107,847 girls got a published name in 1882; 1 in 17,975 of them was named Leonia, which outranked 20.9% of the 1,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonia
  1. #740Zadie7
  2. #740Zenobia7
  3. #740Zetta7
  4. #813Leonia6
  5. #813Albertina6
  6. #813Alda6
  7. #813Alwina6
  8. #908Affie5
  9. #908Albert5
  10. #908Albertha5

Tied with 94 names at #813; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 380Clementine#740#360
  2. 337Lissie#830#493
  3. 323Lonnie#830#507
  4. 300Erna#830#530
  5. 300Hedwig#830#530
Fallers
  1. 405Leatha#503#908
  2. 369Grayce#539#908
  3. 369Maye#539#908
  4. 369Rella#539#908
  5. 326Honora#582#908

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

See the top 100 for 1882