Leonidas

#510 for boys in 2025, 591 births

Peak · boys
2022 · 760 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,281
since 1880

Leonidas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Leonidas has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898boysat peak
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#510591
2024#510597
2023#476638
2022#421760
2021#446688
2020#457649
2019#482608
2018#504569
2017#498582
2016#505593
2015#518556
2014#559494
2013#704337
2012#786288
2011#886234
2010#925218
2009#985201
2008#877241
2007#1,162152
2006#4,67519
2005#3,52827
2004#4,00522
2003#3,28028
2002#5,39513
2001#5,14214
2000#4,57316
1999#6,04210
1998#3,84918
1997#4,96012
1996#5,53510
1995#5,50110
1994#5,45210
1993#5,00211
1992#3,33819
1991#3,46217
1990#3,30918
1989#2,98920
1988#4,16211
1987#4,5739
1986#3,65312
1985#2,71018
1984#2,82416
1983#3,23013
1982#2,59618
1981#3,85810
1980#2,96515
1979#2,15723
1978#3,61410
1977#5,1236
1976#2,50817
1975#2,63715
1974#2,79913
1973#3,22310
1972#2,99111
1971#2,36616
1970#2,62113
1969#3,0629
1968#2,57611
1967#2,13914
1966#1,89117
1965#3,5376
1964#2,11415
1963#2,67310
1962#2,50411
1961#2,24214
1960#4,0385
1959#2,66310
1958#2,64210
1957#2,49411
1956#3,5356
1955#2,7649
1954#2,59210
1953#2,39111
1952
1951#3,0667
1950#2,5809
1949#3,2986
1948#2,7888
1947#2,6719
1946#2,9197
1945#2,9966
1944#2,6338
1943#2,5639
1942
1941#2,8727
1940#2,17911
1939#2,4499
1938#2,32610
1937#1,82815
1936#1,96413
1935#2,7198
1934#2,7428
1933#2,36810
1932#2,19112
1931#2,32811
1930#2,29312
1929#2,31712
1928#1,76019
1927#2,12115
1926#2,18614
1925#1,80619
1924#1,72721
1923#1,81619
1922#1,88318
1921#2,15215
1920#1,38228
1919#1,62421
1918#1,82718
1917#1,43724
1916#1,64619
1915#1,87815
1914#1,86812
1913#1,49713
1912
1911#1,5376
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901#1,0585
1900
1899
1898#8857
1897
1896
1895#1,0795
1894
1893#9076
1892#7928
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887#8196
1886
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882#8376
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Leonidas was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Leonidas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • Held #510 since 2024
  • 53 spots since 2020 (#457#510)
  • 8 spots since 2015 (#518#510)
  • Biggest jump: 285 spots in 2008 (#1,162#877)
  • Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1893 (#792#907)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #421 (760 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,297
  • Highest: 1 in 2,297 boys born in 2022 were named Leonidas (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,890 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 43.6% of all boys named Leonidas (4,479) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s22#819 (1887)#875
1890s26#792 (1892)#916
1900s5#1,058 (1901)#1,058
1910s128#1,437 (1917)#1,664
1920s180#1,382 (1920)#1,915
1930s108#1,828 (1937)#2,321
1940s71#2,179 (1940)#2,769
1950s83#2,391 (1953)#2,747
1960s112#1,891 (1966)#2,678
1970s134#2,157 (1979)#3,004
1980s142#2,596 (1982)#3,356
1990s135#3,309 (1990)#4,645
2000s733#877 (2008)#3,362
2010s4,479#482 (2019)#637
2020s3,923#421 (2022)#470

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.

Leonidas in 1898

boys
#885
7 births · 1 in 17,526 boys

Top boys' names in 1898

  1. #1John8,159
  2. #2William7,400
  3. #3James5,321
  4. #4George4,853
  5. #5Charles3,557
  6. #6Joseph3,171
  7. #7Robert2,932
  8. #8Frank2,925
  9. #9Edward2,337
  10. #10Thomas2,161
  11. #885Leonidas7
More about 1898

boys

122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 17,526 of them was named Leonidas, which outranked 31.3% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonidas
  1. #804Simeon8
  2. #804Wright8
  3. #804Zeke8
  4. #885Leonidas7
  5. #885Adams7
  6. #885Addie7
  7. #885Adolfo7
  8. #1,002Alberto6
  9. #1,002Alpha6
  10. #1,002Amon6

Tied with 116 names at #885; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. 578Fitzhugh#942#364
  2. 534Carson#1,057#523
  3. 490Enos#942#452
  4. 484Annie#1,057#573
  5. 484Ernst#1,057#573
Fallers
  1. 683Fate#438#1,121
  2. 648Ashley#473#1,121
  3. 626Ludwig#495#1,121
  4. 543Pierre#459#1,002
  5. 537Harve#584#1,121

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

See the top 100 for 1898