Baby Name Popularity Profile

Leonard

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Leonard.

✦ Brave as a lion 🌍 German Traditional
National Rank (2025) #637
All-Time Peak Rank #37 Achieved 1923
Total U.S. Births 294,334 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 100.0% Boy / 0.0% Girl Male Archetype
First Recorded 1880 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 1920s 5,650 births in 1921
πŸ’‘ The Leonard Vibe: Considered a Perennial Favorite. A historic staple that has maintained dominant national popularity for over half a century.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Brave as a lion
Language Origin German
Origin Type single
Derived from the Germanic elements *leo* (lion) and *hard* (brave, hardy).
Common Nicknames
Leo Lenny
Alternative Spellings
Leonhard Lennard
Pronunciation: LEN-ard
Themes & Categories
Etymology confidence: High

πŸ“Š Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Leonard across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +4.0%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +9.5%
2015: 400 births 400 2016: 450 births 2017: 437 births 2018: 417 births 2019: 443 births 2020: 421 births 421 2021: 421 births 2022: 373 births 2023: 384 births 2024: 409 births 2025: 438 births 438
2015 2020 2025

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 5,650 births in 1921
Years in Top 100 78 yrs
Years in Top 500 120 yrs
Longest Streak 146 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 2,144
1890s: 3,166
1900s: 5,022
1910s: 31,878
1920s: 53,793
1930s: 39,214
1940s: 44,289
1950s: 43,551
1960s: 28,441
1970s: 15,805
1980s: 10,467
1990s: 6,267
2000s: 3,918
2010s: 3,933
2020s: 2,446

πŸ“ Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Le-onard
Letter Count 7 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 54.1% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 54.1% of SSA names. Starts with L, a letter used by only 5.7% of SSA names.

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πŸ“ Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State North Dakota
Top States North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, New York
States with Data 51
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
North Dakota Unranked 1,865 1919 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota #246 1,779 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska Unranked 3,636 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Montana #188 1,380 1919 Insufficient historical volume
New York #568 32,384 1926 +3.7% Growth
Pennsylvania #499 22,301 1926 Insufficient historical volume
Vermont Unranked 708 1922 Insufficient historical volume
District of Columbia Unranked 1,758 1947 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #559 18,449 1924 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana Unranked 6,722 1953 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia Unranked 3,445 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #593 9,023 1947 Insufficient historical volume
New Mexico #403 1,972 1958 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #506 13,782 1926 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut #540 3,851 1947 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #429 6,884 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas #371 3,606 1920 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #631 9,420 1946 Insufficient historical volume
Wyoming Unranked 460 1950 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #762 4,618 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #282 6,229 1916 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa Unranked 4,466 1917 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #543 4,818 1922 Insufficient historical volume
Hawaii Unranked 976 1949 Insufficient historical volume
Rhode Island Unranked 1,150 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #760 6,792 1918 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #555 4,843 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas Unranked 2,988 1919 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #528 12,543 1923 Insufficient historical volume
New Hampshire Unranked 851 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #557 3,167 1956 Insufficient historical volume
Delaware Unranked 521 1947 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #661 4,680 1921 Insufficient historical volume
Maine Unranked 1,112 1926 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi Unranked 3,083 1957 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #770 5,443 1920 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina Unranked 3,272 1953 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #997 4,785 1920 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho Unranked 838 1925 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon #423 1,903 1952 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #739 5,838 1947 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #911 5,914 1951 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #520 3,305 1954 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #750 4,739 1923 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska Unranked 252 1961 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #897 2,189 1957 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #657 5,909 1959 Insufficient historical volume
California #661 16,851 1958 +16.7% Growth
Texas #1058 12,758 1953 40.5% Decline
Utah #669 947 1942 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada Unranked 244 1947 Insufficient historical volume

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