NameTides

Leon

Leon was the #138 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,583 babies), and #101 in England & Wales and #61 in Canada.

Leon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Leon 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUSNorthern Ireland
Leon 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#138 (2,583)#101 (526)#97 (55)#185 (11)#73 (81)#61 (433)#53 (139)#57 (119)
2024#141 (2,572)#100 (545)#56 (84)#125 (17)#60 (93)#75 (367)#55 (136)#62 (117)
2023#148 (2,459)#91 (573)#69 (73)#95 (26)#80 (77)#82 (348)#46 (157)#73 (89)
2022#158 (2,374)#95 (584)#71 (78)#177 (12)#59 (108)#88 (349)#43 (163)#65 (104)
2021#177 (2,198)#101 (590)#81 (72)#125 (21)#62 (109)#118 (298)#60 (151)#81 (92)
2020#196 (1,924)#93 (620)#74 (76)#103 (26)#75 (85)#127 (269)#87 (103)#67 (103)
2019#208 (1,866)#93 (662)#74 (85)#103 (26)#50 (141)#142 (262)#70 (130)#70 (109)
2018#238 (1,605)#97 (655)#70 (95)#112 (24)#61 (106)#162 (233)#87 (106)#78 (84)
2017#244 (1,518)#98 (669)#76 (87)#120 (23)#53 (140)#173 (220)#96 (95)#97 (67)
2016#277 (1,313)#92 (737)#67 (106)#93 (33)#58 (128)#219 (166)#94 (103)—
2015#314 (1,140)#85 (795)#55 (123)#121 (25)#54 (147)#236 (151)——
2014#321 (1,081)#85 (765)#64 (108)#110 (28)#54 (152)#267 (128)——
2013#324 (1,021)#75 (837)#56 (121)#97 (33)#56 (149)#258 (130)——
2012#356 (859)#72 (918)#50 (144)#94 (34)#54 (161)#295 (109)——
2011#406 (696)#62 (1,069)#55 (134)#82 (42)#52 (171)#338 (89)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1918 at #77.
  • Rising 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 660 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 660common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 520common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 360common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 750common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 290common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 370common

Next year

On its recent trend, Leon is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 620 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 590 to 1 in 650.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leon by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #103WIVermont: #57VTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #91WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #96MNIllinois: #138ILMichigan: #136MINew York: #94NYMassachusetts: #135MAOregon: #181ORNevada: #114NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #171SDIowa: #206IAIndiana: #141INOhio: #139OHPennsylvania: #146PANew Jersey: #147NJConnecticut: #116CTRhode Island: #125RICalifornia: #96CAUtah: #136UTColorado: #117CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #177MOKentucky: #144KYWest Virginia: #183WVVirginia: #199VAMaryland: #200MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #167AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #196KSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #178TNNorth Carolina: #260NCSouth Carolina: #212SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #101OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #360ALGeorgia: #240GAHawaii: #79HITexas: #143TXFlorida: #139FL
Leon (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#40142
Ontario2024#122107

Leon (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
LeonCanadaGirls—too few
LeonCanadaBoys#61433
LeonEngland & WalesBoys#101526
LeonIrelandBoys#7381
LéonIrelandBoys—too few
LeónIrelandBoys—too few
LeonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeonNorthern IrelandBoys#18511
LeonNSWBoys#53139
LeonScotlandBoys#9755
LeonUSGirls—too few
LeonUSBoys#1382,583
LeonVICBoys#57119