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
- Peak · boys
- 1926 · 2,647 births
- Debut · boys
- 118 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 57 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 182,638since 1880
Leon over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #138 | 2,583 | |
| 2024 | — | #141 | 2,572 | |
| 2023 | — | #148 | 2,459 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #158 | 2,374 |
| 2021 | — | #177 | 2,198 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #196 | 1,924 |
| 2019 | — | #208 | 1,866 | |
| 2018 | — | #238 | 1,605 | |
| 2017 | — | #244 | 1,518 | |
| 2016 | — | #277 | 1,313 | |
| 2015 | — | #314 | 1,140 | |
| 2014 | — | #321 | 1,081 | |
| 2013 | — | #324 | 1,021 | |
| 2012 | — | #356 | 859 | |
| 2011 | — | #406 | 696 | |
| 2010 | — | #417 | 669 | |
| 2009 | — | #445 | 628 | |
| 2008 | — | #499 | 549 | |
| 2007 | — | #488 | 543 | |
| 2006 | — | #502 | 517 | |
| 2005 | — | #524 | 470 | |
| 2004 | — | #520 | 462 | |
| 2003 | — | #497 | 495 | |
| 2002 | — | #487 | 472 | |
| 2001 | — | #490 | 469 | |
| 2000 | — | #499 | 457 | |
| 1999 | — | #480 | 463 | |
| 1998 | — | #476 | 460 | |
| 1997 | — | #489 | 436 | |
| 1996 | — | #458 | 473 | |
| 1995 | — | #452 | 503 | |
| 1994 | — | #421 | 544 | |
| 1993 | — | #425 | 531 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #388 | 591 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #391 | 581 |
| 1990 | — | #390 | 594 | |
| 1989 | — | #351 | 647 | |
| 1988 | — | #320 | 675 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #318 | 662 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #299 | 688 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #283 | 727 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #262 | 797 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #263 | 784 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #252 | 874 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #252 | 869 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #248 | 904 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #242 | 907 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #228 | 924 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #228 | 948 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #221 | 924 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #233 | 884 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #218 | 973 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #217 | 1,008 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #218 | 1,024 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #227 | 1,040 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #207 | 1,222 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #213 | 1,151 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #196 | 1,197 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #195 | 1,198 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #187 | 1,308 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #199 | 1,263 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #190 | 1,482 |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 | #201 | 1,477 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #196 | 1,542 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #194 | 1,558 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | #189 | 1,647 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #176 | 1,748 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #163 | 1,932 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #166 | 1,888 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #153 | 2,043 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | #143 | 2,141 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #140 | 2,146 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #137 | 2,273 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #124 | 2,377 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #122 | 2,366 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #119 | 2,427 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #121 | 2,425 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #119 | 2,384 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | #117 | 2,487 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #113 | 2,339 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #111 | 2,098 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #108 | 2,151 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #103 | 2,451 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #93 | 2,550 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #93 | 2,375 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #89 | 2,318 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | #86 | 2,327 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #85 | 2,355 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | #85 | 2,325 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #82 | 2,282 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | #86 | 2,282 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | #87 | 2,306 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | #85 | 2,187 |
| 1932 | #1,421 | 28 | #83 | 2,295 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 | #84 | 2,245 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | #81 | 2,401 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #81 | 2,336 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #81 | 2,460 |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 | #78 | 2,602 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 | #73 | 2,647 |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | #76 | 2,636 |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 | #76 | 2,677 |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 | #77 | 2,528 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 | #77 | 2,521 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 | #74 | 2,616 |
| 1920 | #1,171 | 42 | #75 | 2,554 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 | #80 | 2,250 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 | #77 | 2,442 |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 | #82 | 2,102 |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | #85 | 1,954 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 | #82 | 1,977 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | #85 | 1,414 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | #81 | 1,160 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | #79 | 1,006 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #77 | 540 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 | #81 | 435 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | #80 | 377 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | #84 | 327 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #80 | 324 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | #87 | 263 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #87 | 274 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #90 | 241 |
| 1903 | — | #76 | 287 | |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | #86 | 248 |
| 1901 | — | #87 | 208 | |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #85 | 310 |
| 1899 | — | #93 | 188 | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | #83 | 251 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #81 | 229 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | #86 | 235 |
| 1895 | — | #87 | 219 | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #84 | 236 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #88 | 211 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #100 | 187 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | #104 | 150 |
| 1890 | — | #86 | 197 | |
| 1889 | — | #94 | 184 | |
| 1888 | — | #90 | 196 | |
| 1887 | — | #99 | 147 | |
| 1886 | — | #109 | 142 | |
| 1885 | — | #99 | 146 | |
| 1884 | — | #102 | 150 | |
| 1883 | — | #97 | 140 | |
| 1882 | — | #114 | 131 | |
| 1881 | — | #104 | 121 | |
| 1880 | — | #114 | 118 | |
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 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#95 · 1 in 464
- New Hampshire#143 · 1 in 1,213
- Michigan#151 · 1 in 1,181
- New Mexico#158 · 1 in 752
- Indiana#183 · 1 in 1,606
Best ever in a state: #27 in District of Columbia, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #95 | 17 | 1 in 464 |
| New Hampshire | #143 | 5 | 1 in 1,213 |
| Michigan | #151 | 57 | 1 in 1,181 |
| New Mexico | #158 | 15 | 1 in 752 |
| Indiana | #183 | 26 | 1 in 1,606 |
| New Jersey | #184 | 32 | 1 in 1,335 |
| North Carolina | #184 | 32 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Ohio | #184 | 50 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Virginia | #185 | 25 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Georgia | #188 | 34 | 1 in 1,211 |
| Florida | #191 | 51 | 1 in 1,172 |
| South Carolina | #193 | 20 | 1 in 1,075 |
| Wisconsin | #200 | 16 | 1 in 2,204 |
| Pennsylvania | #202 | 40 | 1 in 1,915 |
| New York | #220 | 71 | 1 in 1,585 |
| Maryland | #224 | 13 | 1 in 1,799 |
| Minnesota | #225 | 11 | 1 in 2,951 |
| Alabama | #228 | 18 | 1 in 1,525 |
| Illinois | #229 | 52 | 1 in 1,662 |
| Kentucky | #238 | 11 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Mississippi | #238 | 13 | 1 in 1,539 |
| Connecticut | #240 | 7 | 1 in 2,486 |
| West Virginia | #241 | 5 | 1 in 2,795 |
| Arkansas | #244 | 9 | 1 in 1,803 |
| Colorado | #250 | 11 | 1 in 2,073 |
| Louisiana | #258 | 24 | 1 in 1,523 |
| Oklahoma | #258 | 11 | 1 in 2,086 |
| Tennessee | #283 | 13 | 1 in 2,578 |
| California | #306 | 81 | 1 in 2,374 |
| Missouri | #321 | 10 | 1 in 3,735 |
| Texas | #326 | 56 | 1 in 2,383 |
| Arizona | #376 | 7 | 1 in 3,218 |
| Utah | #378 | 5 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Washington | #484 | 5 | 1 in 6,221 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1926 at #73 (2,647 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 57 yrs · run 1892–1942
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 14.0% of all boys named Leon (25,577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,475 | #90 (1888) | #102 |
| 1890s | 2,103 | #81 (1897) | #89 |
| 1900s | 2,859 | #76 (1903) | #84 |
| 1910s | 15,280 | #77 (1918) | #81 |
| 1920s | 25,577 | #73 (1926) | #77 |
| 1930s | 23,005 | #81 (1930) | #84 |
| 1940s | 23,578 | #89 (1940) | #107 |
| 1950s | 21,341 | #119 (1950) | #144 |
| 1960s | 13,823 | #187 (1966) | #196 |
| 1970s | 9,854 | #207 (1970) | #224 |
| 1980s | 7,627 | #248 (1980) | #285 |
| 1990s | 5,176 | #388 (1992) | #437 |
| 2000s | 5,062 | #445 (2009) | #495 |
| 2010s | 11,768 | #208 (2019) | #311 |
| 2020s | 14,110 | #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 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 118,593 of them was named Leon, which outranked 59.1% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,743Yetta15
- #4,743Yvonna15
- #4,743Zinnia15
- #4,978Leon14
- #4,978Aaren14
- #4,978Ainsley14
- #4,978Alonna14
- #5,245Aarin13
- #5,245Abi13
- #5,245Adelia13
Tied with 266 names at #4,978; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 1,973 of them was named Leon, which outranked 96.6% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.