Leon

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243 · #138 for boys in 2025, 2,583 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#73
1926 · 2,647 births
Debut · boys
1880
118 births
In top 100 · boys
57 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
182,638
since 1880

Leon over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #73, 1926boys
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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—#1382,583
2024—#1412,572
2023—#1482,459
2022#12,2437#1582,374
2021—#1772,198
2020#13,4536#1961,924
2019—#2081,866
2018—#2381,605
2017—#2441,518
2016—#2771,313
2015—#3141,140
2014—#3211,081
2013—#3241,021
2012—#356859
2011—#406696
2010—#417669
2009—#445628
2008—#499549
2007—#488543
2006—#502517
2005—#524470
2004—#520462
2003—#497495
2002—#487472
2001—#490469
2000—#499457
1999—#480463
1998—#476460
1997—#489436
1996—#458473
1995—#452503
1994—#421544
1993—#425531
1992#13,3175#388591
1991#13,1475#391581
1990—#390594
1989—#351647
1988—#320675
1987#8,7787#318662
1986#7,1349#299688
1985#8,3187#283727
1984#8,1537#262797
1983#6,21210#263784
1982#9,2376#252874
1981#5,25413#252869
1980#4,97814#248904
1979#4,62615#242907
1978#5,21412#228924
1977#5,21312#228948
1976#3,96316#221924
1975#5,51610#233884
1974#6,9007#218973
1973#8,4235#2171,008
1972#3,71416#2181,024
1971#4,53412#2271,040
1970#5,06110#2071,222
1969#5,4568#2131,151
1968#5,1478#1961,197
1967#4,6259#1951,198
1966#3,55813#1871,308
1965#4,4949#1991,263
1964#3,24416#1901,482
1963#3,33615#2011,477
1962#3,29315#1961,542
1961#3,06017#1941,558
1960#2,82019#1891,647
1959#4,03110#1761,748
1958#3,92510#1631,932
1957#2,82317#1661,888
1956#3,32113#1532,043
1955#2,72517#1432,141
1954#3,32512#1402,146
1953#3,26912#1372,273
1952#4,1238#1242,377
1951#2,81014#1222,366
1950#2,78114#1192,427
1949#3,17611#1212,425
1948#2,82813#1192,384
1947#2,35418#1172,487
1946#3,9947#1132,339
1945#2,74211#1112,098
1944#3,6877#1082,151
1943#2,86111#1032,451
1942#2,81711#932,550
1941#2,27214#932,375
1940#2,29713#892,318
1939#2,30013#862,327
1938#2,22514#852,355
1937#1,63022#852,325
1936#2,8579#822,282
1935#2,30513#862,282
1934#1,77119#872,306
1933#1,97016#852,187
1932#1,42128#832,295
1931#1,42127#842,245
1930#1,66123#812,401
1929#1,76621#812,336
1928#1,58926#812,460
1927#1,30337#782,602
1926#1,51429#732,647
1925#1,60927#762,636
1924#1,32837#762,677
1923#1,28337#772,528
1922#1,46431#772,521
1921#1,62527#742,616
1920#1,17142#752,554
1919#1,32534#802,250
1918#1,41130#772,442
1917#1,37729#822,102
1916#1,40827#851,954
1915#1,25831#821,977
1914#1,60317#851,414
1913#1,46516#811,160
1912#1,84410#791,006
1911#1,17115#77540
1910#1,06917#81435
1909#1,36910#80377
1908#1,04415#84327
1907#1,3849#80324
1906#1,10112#87263
1905#1,2989#87274
1904#1,4867#90241
1903—#76287
1902#1,07511#86248
1901—#87208
1900#1,23110#85310
1899—#93188
1898#1,1719#83251
1897#1,1678#81229
1896#1,4166#86235
1895—#87219
1894#1,4855#84236
1893#1,4375#88211
1892#1,1717#100187
1891#1,2136#104150
1890—#86197
1889—#94184
1888—#90196
1887—#99147
1886—#109142
1885—#99146
1884—#102150
1883—#97140
1882—#114131
1881—#104121
1880—#114118
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Leon was already there! It came in at #114, and was given to 118 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 160 boys a year got the name.

Where Leon is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Leon, so not publishedAKMaine: #63 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 272 boysMEVermont: #59 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 241 boysVTNew Hampshire: #43 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 166 boysNHWashington: #165 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,191 boysWAIdaho: #147 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 707 boysIDMontana: #108 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 505 boysMTNorth Dakota: #156 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 896 boysNDMinnesota: #101 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 539 boysMNIllinois: #99 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 648 boysILWisconsin: #100 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 550 boysWIMichigan: #80 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 435 boysMINew York: #71 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 388 boysNYMassachusetts: #76 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 527 boysMARhode Island: #86 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 564 boysRIOregon: #147 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 808 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Leon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Leon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #104 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 410 boysSDIowa: #140 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 812 boysIAIndiana: #100 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 608 boysINOhio: #130 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 922 boysOHPennsylvania: #70 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 452 boysPANew Jersey: #64 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 382 boysNJConnecticut: #85 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 595 boysCTCalifornia: #125 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 647 boysCAUtah: #79 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 286 boysUTColorado: #119 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 575 boysCONebraska: #110 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 484 boysNEMissouri: #100 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 526 boysMOKentucky: #98 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 571 boysKYWest Virginia: #94 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 529 boysWVVirginia: #74 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 390 boysVAMaryland: #49 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 243 boysMDDelaware: #28 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 123 boysDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Leon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #203 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 886 boysNMKansas: #87 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 362 boysKSArkansas: #73 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 312 boysARTennessee: #88 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 465 boysTNNorth Carolina: #90 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 491 boysNCSouth Carolina: #50 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 274 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #27 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 118 boysDCOklahoma: #63 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 246 boysOKLouisiana: #52 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 226 boysLAMississippi: #49 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 281 boysMSAlabama: #42 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 230 boysALGeorgia: #80 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 375 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Leon, so not publishedHITexas: #73 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 341 boysTXFlorida: #50 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 242 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#27 · 1 in 118
  2. Delaware#28 · 1 in 123
  3. Alabama#42 · 1 in 230
  4. New Hampshire#43 · 1 in 166
  5. Maryland#49 · 1 in 243

Best ever in a state: #27 in District of Columbia, 1928.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#27281 in 118
Delaware#28121 in 123
Alabama#421181 in 230
New Hampshire#43191 in 166
Maryland#49521 in 243
Mississippi#49711 in 281
Florida#50541 in 242
South Carolina#50671 in 274
Louisiana#52851 in 226
Vermont#59101 in 241
Maine#63231 in 272
Oklahoma#63931 in 246
New Jersey#64771 in 382
Pennsylvania#701861 in 452
New York#712521 in 388
Arkansas#73541 in 312
Texas#731701 in 341
Virginia#74581 in 390
Massachusetts#76631 in 527
Utah#79171 in 286
Georgia#80751 in 375
Michigan#80961 in 435
Connecticut#85201 in 595
Rhode Island#8691 in 564
Kansas#87411 in 362
Tennessee#88521 in 465
North Carolina#90701 in 491
West Virginia#94341 in 529
Kentucky#98451 in 571
Illinois#99891 in 648
Indiana#100421 in 608
Missouri#100531 in 526
Wisconsin#100451 in 550
Minnesota#101381 in 539
South Dakota#104141 in 410
Montana#10881 in 505
Nebraska#110241 in 484
Colorado#119151 in 575
California#125581 in 647
Ohio#130571 in 922
Iowa#140241 in 812
Idaho#14751 in 707
Oregon#14771 in 808
North Dakota#15671 in 896
Washington#16581 in 1,191
New Mexico#20351 in 886
Alaska———
Arizona———
Hawaii———
Nevada———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Leon
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#141 → #138)
  • 58 spots since 2020 (#196 → #138)
  • 176 spots since 2015 (#314 → #138)
  • Biggest jump: 54 spots in 2009 (#499 → #445)
  • Biggest drop: 39 spots in 1990 (#351 → #390)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1926 at #73 (2,647 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 39 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 57 yrs · run 1892–1942
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 415
  • Highest: 1 in 415 boys born in 1918 were named Leon (0.24%)
  • Latest: 1 in 661 boys born in 2025 (0.15%)
  • Its best rank, #73 in 1926, was only 1 in 420 (0.24%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.0% of all boys named Leon (25,577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,475#90 (1888)#102
1890s2,103#81 (1897)#89
1900s2,859#76 (1903)#84
1910s15,280#77 (1918)#81
1920s25,577#73 (1926)#77
1930s23,005#81 (1930)#84
1940s23,578#89 (1940)#107
1950s21,341#119 (1950)#144
1960s13,823#187 (1966)#196
1970s9,854#207 (1970)#224
1980s7,627#248 (1980)#285
1990s5,176#388 (1992)#437
2000s5,062#445 (2009)#495
2010s11,768#208 (2019)#311
2020s14,110#138 (2025)#160

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.

Leon in 1928

girls
#1,589
26 births · 1 in 44,358 girls
boys
#81
2,460 births · 1 in 450 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #1,589Leon26

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #81Leon2,460
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 44,358 of them was named Leon, which outranked 70.8% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leon
  1. #1,541Yola27
  2. #1,541Zena27
  3. #1,541Zetta27
  4. #1,589Leon26
  5. #1,589Afton26
  6. #1,589Aggie26
  7. #1,589Ardyth26
  8. #1,637Adelene25
  9. #1,637Agustina25
  10. #1,637Allen25

Tied with 47 names at #1,589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 450 of them was named Leon, which outranked 98.3% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leon
  1. #78Herman2,588
  2. #78Jerry2,588
  3. #80Charlie2,463
  4. #81Leon2,460
  5. #82Vincent2,440
  6. #83Martin2,428
  7. #84Don2,382
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →