Leonardo

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #91 for boys in 2025, 3,789 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 4,367 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
96,066
since 1885

Leonardo over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885boysat peak
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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—#913,789
2024—#843,966
2023—#844,030
2022#13,5926#754,367
2021—#874,105
2020—#864,104
2019#13,7996#864,427
2018—#934,223
2017—#974,131
2016—#964,325
2015#16,4195#1033,823
2014#16,5135#1143,450
2013—#1312,909
2012#12,1998#1522,684
2011—#1492,641
2010#13,4487#1502,617
2009—#1642,368
2008#17,5045#1682,346
2007—#1642,527
2006—#1832,187
2005#13,0107#1862,146
2004#9,89210#1951,964
2003—#2111,708
2002#15,4325#2301,460
2001#11,0208#2341,453
2000#10,7458#2531,331
1999#14,4115#2541,231
1998#14,1225#2571,160
1997—#357707
1996—#401585
1995—#401570
1994—#378621
1993#11,7806#368643
1992#7,06712#381601
1991#11,5096#374612
1990#12,9585#415555
1989—#477398
1988—#486356
1987#11,3255#498320
1986#10,9125#496310
1985—#502301
1984—#489295
1983—#514266
1982#8,2247#480314
1981—#491290
1980—#449344
1979—#500277
1978—#529243
1977—#512256
1976—#502255
1975#9,0675#480277
1974—#488268
1973—#525223
1972—#500249
1971—#539221
1970—#573198
1969—#630157
1968—#631144
1967—#608152
1966—#590162
1965—#665124
1964—#679129
1963—#667137
1962—#651141
1961—#640149
1960—#752105
1959—#691122
1958—#721106
1957—#78990
1956—#80985
1955—#78686
1954—#73596
1953—#78682
1952—#77582
1951—#87464
1950—#83666
1949—#85664
1948—#93355
1947—#98452
1946—#80967
1945—#79161
1944—#83257
1943—#96948
1942—#1,05441
1941—#98742
1940—#1,03139
1939—#1,01539
1938—#1,04338
1937—#1,09435
1936—#1,06836
1935—#80359
1934—#88850
1933—#94644
1932—#1,00443
1931—#1,05041
1930—#1,06942
1929—#85959
1928—#96350
1927—#85862
1926—#85560
1925—#1,10840
1924—#1,02048
1923—#1,00848
1922—#1,04645
1921—#1,05844
1920—#96052
1919—#1,09739
1918—#1,07940
1917—#1,03340
1916—#1,33526
1915—#1,37224
1914—#1,00331
1913—#1,25617
1912—#1,26814
1911—#92513
1910—#92812
1909—#84012
1908—#1,3735
1907—#1,0947
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1885—#9365
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Leonardo! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1901, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Leonardo is popular in 1885

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Leonardo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#84 → #91)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#86 → #91)
  • 12 spots since 2015 (#103 → #91)
  • Biggest jump: 533 spots in 1909 (#1,373 → #840)
  • Biggest drop: 343 spots in 1912 (#925 → #1,268)
Rise & fade · boys
137 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2022 at #75 (4,367 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
  • Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1943–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 400
  • Highest: 1 in 400 boys born in 2022 were named Leonardo (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 451 boys born in 2025 (0.22%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.7% of all boys named Leonardo (35,230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s0——
1900s38#840 (1909)#1,048
1910s256#925 (1911)#1,130
1920s508#855 (1926)#974
1930s427#803 (1935)#998
1940s526#791 (1945)#925
1950s879#691 (1959)#780
1960s1,400#590 (1966)#651
1970s2,467#480 (1975)#515
1980s3,194#449 (1980)#488
1990s7,285#254 (1999)#359
2000s19,490#164 (2007)#199
2010s35,230#86 (2019)#117
2020s24,361#75 (2022)#85

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.

Leonardo in 1885

boys
#936
5 births · 1 in 21,560 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #936Leonardo5
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 21,560 of them was named Leonardo, which outranked 14.7% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonardo
  1. #836Wheeler6
  2. #836Zenas6
  3. #836Zollie6
  4. #936Leonardo5
  5. #936Ada5
  6. #936Albion5
  7. #936Alcide5

Tied with 161 names at #936; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. ↑ 426Bryant#848 → #422
  2. ↑ 424Butler#971 → #547
  3. ↑ 424Cyril#971 → #547
  4. ↑ 409Gerhard#848 → #439
  5. ↑ 394Rowland#971 → #577
Fallers
  1. ↓ 520Clarance#416 → #936
  2. ↓ 416Oswald#520 → #936
  3. ↓ 389Doctor#547 → #936
  4. ↓ 366Dexter#570 → #936
  5. ↓ 366Gustaf#570 → #936

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

See the top 100 for 1885 →