Leopold

#1,992 for boys in 2025, 76 births

Peak · boys
#579
1895 · 13 births
Debut · boys
1880
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,043
since 1880

Leopold over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Leopold has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #579, 1895boys
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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#1,99276
2024#2,05773
2023#1,83287
2022#1,665103
2021#1,645101
2020#1,437120
2019#1,606103
2018#1,506114
2017#1,541106
2016#1,70691
2015#1,69192
2014#2,04469
2013#2,06565
2012#2,18560
2011#2,37653
2010#2,32455
2009#2,70245
2008#2,43252
2007#2,76543
2006#3,08335
2005#2,80338
2004#2,88735
2003#3,52825
2002#2,29545
2001#4,12119
2000#6,31610
1999#5,03513
1998#3,84918
1997#4,24615
1996#4,87812
1995#4,50813
1994#4,29014
1993#6,8167
1992#6,6707
1991#4,23113
1990#4,40712
1989#5,6158
1988#4,16211
1987#3,52113
1986#4,13010
1985#5,1477
1984#4,2159
1983#3,23013
1982#2,70917
1981—
1980#5,5256
1979#3,16813
1978#3,21512
1977#2,91014
1976#2,94613
1975#2,75114
1974#4,6346
1973#2,85712
1972#2,53414
1971#2,97311
1970#2,29316
1969#2,54912
1968#4,1365
1967#2,7609
1966#1,96316
1965#2,17814
1964#1,72921
1963#2,04416
1962#2,67310
1961#3,3567
1960#1,97317
1959#1,91618
1958#1,95317
1957#1,71522
1956#1,82119
1955#2,30212
1954#1,66821
1953#2,18613
1952#1,74919
1951#1,51924
1950#1,65720
1949#1,70219
1948#1,65620
1947#1,78618
1946#1,94914
1945#1,49420
1944#1,81015
1943#1,43124
1942#1,94614
1941#1,48521
1940#1,39723
1939#2,15911
1938#1,97613
1937#1,91314
1936#1,32625
1935#1,16532
1934#1,11635
1933#1,14433
1932#1,15734
1931#99744
1930#1,39927
1929#1,15436
1928#1,11140
1927#1,12840
1926#90255
1925#99847
1924#83866
1923#76973
1922#81868
1921#83468
1920#81667
1919#97348
1918#94350
1917#76567
1916#66279
1915#80457
1914#67357
1913#73440
1912#70037
1911#73219
1910#82214
1909#1,0209
1908#77912
1907#86610
1906#9278
1905#9198
1904—
1903#1,1305
1902#68711
1901#68310
1900#83610
1899#8577
1898#7449
1897—
1896#8268
1895#57913
1894—
1893#8367
1892#68810
1891—
1890#7398
1889—
1888#9176
1887#7527
1886#7587
1885#6419
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881#7067
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Leopold was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Leopold
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 65 spots since 2024 (#2,057 → #1,992)
  • 555 spots since 2020 (#1,437 → #1,992)
  • 301 spots since 2015 (#1,691 → #1,992)
  • Biggest jump: 402 spots in 1931 (#1,399 → #997)
  • Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1903 (#687 → #1,130)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1895 at #579 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1910–1926
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,030
  • Highest: 1 in 9,030 boys born in 1895 were named Leopold (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 20.0% of all boys named Leopold (808) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s44#641 (1885)#743
1890s62#579 (1895)#753
1900s83#683 (1901)#872
1910s468#662 (1916)#781
1920s560#769 (1923)#937
1930s268#997 (1931)#1,435
1940s188#1,397 (1940)#1,666
1950s185#1,519 (1951)#1,849
1960s127#1,729 (1964)#2,536
1970s125#2,293 (1970)#3,028
1980s94#2,709 (1982)#4,250
1990s124#3,849 (1998)#4,893
2000s347#2,295 (2002)#3,293
2010s808#1,506 (2018)#1,904
2020s560#1,437 (2020)#1,771

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.

Leopold in 1931

boys
#997
44 births · 1 in 23,629 boys

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #997Leopold44
More about 1931

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 23,629 of them was named Leopold, which outranked 76.9% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leopold
  1. #983Reece45
  2. #983Talmage45
  3. #983Vester45
  4. #997Leopold44
  5. #997Cameron44
  6. #997Cedric44
  7. #997Cleve44
  8. #1,015Alice43
  9. #1,015Alois43
  10. #1,015Benjiman43

Tied with 17 names at #997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Kenton#1,753 → #959
  2. ↑ 420Wyman#1,330 → #910
  3. ↑ 408Jan#1,330 → #922
  4. ↑ 402Leopold#1,399 → #997
  5. ↑ 398Odie#1,299 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Artie#976 → #1,489
  2. ↓ 469Arnulfo#892 → #1,361
  3. ↓ 385Rose#832 → #1,217
  4. ↓ 357Ransom#976 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Jodie#990 → #1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931 →