Leopold
#1,992 for boys in 2025, 76 births
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,043since 1880
Leopold over time
Rank among boys' names. Leopold has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,992 | 76 |
| 2024 | #2,057 | 73 |
| 2023 | #1,832 | 87 |
| 2022 | #1,665 | 103 |
| 2021 | #1,645 | 101 |
| 2020 | #1,437 | 120 |
| 2019 | #1,606 | 103 |
| 2018 | #1,506 | 114 |
| 2017 | #1,541 | 106 |
| 2016 | #1,706 | 91 |
| 2015 | #1,691 | 92 |
| 2014 | #2,044 | 69 |
| 2013 | #2,065 | 65 |
| 2012 | #2,185 | 60 |
| 2011 | #2,376 | 53 |
| 2010 | #2,324 | 55 |
| 2009 | #2,702 | 45 |
| 2008 | #2,432 | 52 |
| 2007 | #2,765 | 43 |
| 2006 | #3,083 | 35 |
| 2005 | #2,803 | 38 |
| 2004 | #2,887 | 35 |
| 2003 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #2,295 | 45 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #1,715 | 22 |
| 1956 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #1,668 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,326 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,116 | 35 |
| 1933 | #1,144 | 33 |
| 1932 | #1,157 | 34 |
| 1931 | #997 | 44 |
| 1930 | #1,399 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,154 | 36 |
| 1928 | #1,111 | 40 |
| 1927 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1926 | #902 | 55 |
| 1925 | #998 | 47 |
| 1924 | #838 | 66 |
| 1923 | #769 | 73 |
| 1922 | #818 | 68 |
| 1921 | #834 | 68 |
| 1920 | #816 | 67 |
| 1919 | #973 | 48 |
| 1918 | #943 | 50 |
| 1917 | #765 | 67 |
| 1916 | #662 | 79 |
| 1915 | #804 | 57 |
| 1914 | #673 | 57 |
| 1913 | #734 | 40 |
| 1912 | #700 | 37 |
| 1911 | #732 | 19 |
| 1910 | #822 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #683 | 10 |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
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.
Where Leopold is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#281 · 1 in 5,217
- Massachusetts#317 · 1 in 5,064
- Pennsylvania#367 · 1 in 7,055
- New York#435 · 1 in 9,447
- Illinois#445 · 1 in 8,340
Best ever in a state: #170 in Maine, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #281 | 5 | 1 in 5,217 |
| Massachusetts | #317 | 6 | 1 in 5,064 |
| Pennsylvania | #367 | 11 | 1 in 7,055 |
| New York | #435 | 9 | 1 in 9,447 |
| Illinois | #445 | 6 | 1 in 8,340 |
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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 Leopold
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #579 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1910–1926
- 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%)
- 20.0% of all boys named Leopold (808) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #641 (1885) | #743 |
| 1890s | 62 | #579 (1895) | #753 |
| 1900s | 83 | #683 (1901) | #872 |
| 1910s | 468 | #662 (1916) | #781 |
| 1920s | 560 | #769 (1923) | #937 |
| 1930s | 268 | #997 (1931) | #1,435 |
| 1940s | 188 | #1,397 (1940) | #1,666 |
| 1950s | 185 | #1,519 (1951) | #1,849 |
| 1960s | 127 | #1,729 (1964) | #2,536 |
| 1970s | 125 | #2,293 (1970) | #3,028 |
| 1980s | 94 | #2,709 (1982) | #4,250 |
| 1990s | 124 | #3,849 (1998) | #4,893 |
| 2000s | 347 | #2,295 (2002) | #3,293 |
| 2010s | 808 | #1,506 (2018) | #1,904 |
| 2020s | 560 | #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 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 13,813 of them was named Leopold, which outranked 83.4% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).