NameTides

Leo

Leo was the #19 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8,173 babies), and #3 in England & Wales and #4 in Canada.

Leo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Leo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Leo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#19 (8,173)#3 (3,278)#7 (236)#5 (115)#10 (261)#4 (1,404)#5 (379)#4 (383)
2024#24 (7,823)#5 (3,324)#5 (260)#12 (94)#22 (201)#4 (1,416)#6 (359)#4 (348)
2023#18 (8,160)#5 (3,416)#3 (288)#6 (119)#16 (237)#4 (1,414)#3 (409)#4 (357)
2022#22 (8,293)#5 (3,610)#3 (310)#11 (106)#23 (225)#4 (1,466)#3 (447)#4 (408)
2021#31 (7,803)#6 (3,465)#3 (289)#7 (117)#29 (192)#4 (1,590)#6 (424)#5 (360)
2020#36 (7,229)#6 (3,314)#4 (274)#11 (107)#28 (182)#5 (1,514)#4 (420)#7 (335)
2019#40 (7,504)#6 (3,637)#7 (278)#11 (114)#31 (207)#8 (1,451)#5 (444)#6 (377)
2018#50 (6,773)#6 (3,721)#5 (300)#10 (137)#36 (186)#8 (1,474)#9 (375)#7 (314)
2017#62 (5,965)#7 (3,781)#9 (289)#11 (123)#33 (193)#11 (1,307)#14 (328)#13 (263)
2016#74 (5,299)#13 (3,563)#9 (299)#12 (123)#44 (179)#17 (1,143)#10 (371)#14 (242)
2015#91 (4,603)#15 (3,468)#13 (275)#28 (86)#53 (148)#24 (953)#25 (282)#18 (211)
2014#97 (3,976)#16 (3,414)#24 (234)#26 (92)#56 (142)#33 (840)#28 (284)#37 (168)
2013#112 (3,511)#17 (3,264)#22 (238)#30 (83)#63 (131)#39 (795)#38 (226)#33 (178)
2012#134 (2,879)#20 (3,134)#39 (191)#51 (62)#84 (96)#50 (640)#50 (203)#56 (122)
2011#167 (2,250)#27 (2,664)#40 (193)#56 (61)#79 (97)#73 (485)#65 (151)#50 (123)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1903 at #37.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 210 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 210common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 83very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 83very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 72very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 91very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 110very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Leo is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 210 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 200 to 1 in 220.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #23MEWisconsin: #15WIVermont: #13VTNew Hampshire: #27NHWashington: #19WAIdaho: #49IDMontana: #24MTNorth Dakota: #11NDMinnesota: #9MNIllinois: #8ILMichigan: #15MINew York: #11NYMassachusetts: #14MAOregon: #27ORNevada: #44NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #9SDIowa: #16IAIndiana: #37INOhio: #18OHPennsylvania: #19PANew Jersey: #13NJConnecticut: #20CTRhode Island: #44RICalifornia: #15CAUtah: #17UTColorado: #19CONebraska: #21NEMissouri: #34MOKentucky: #70KYWest Virginia: #48WVVirginia: #35VAMaryland: #50MDDelaware: #16DEArizona: #29AZNew Mexico: #26NMKansas: #17KSArkansas: #75ARTennessee: #62TNNorth Carolina: #41NCSouth Carolina: #54SCDistrict of Columbia: #14DCOklahoma: #48OKLouisiana: #52LAMississippi: #126MSAlabama: #73ALGeorgia: #55GAHawaii: #24HITexas: #46TXFlorida: #26FL
Leo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#2551
Ontario2024#10437

Leo (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeoCanadaGirls#2,7307
LeoCanadaBoys#41,404
LeoEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
LeoEngland & WalesBoys#33,278
LeoIrelandBoys#10261
LéoIrelandBoys—too few
LeoNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeoNorthern IrelandBoys#5115
LeoNSWBoys#5379
LeoScotlandBoys#7236
LeoUSGirls#5,41023
LeoUSBoys#198,173
LeoVICBoys#4383