NameTides

Leona

Leona was the #429 girls' name in the US in 2025 (723 babies), and #705 in England & Wales and #337 in Canada.

Leona as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leona as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Leona as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#429 (723)#705 (52)#429 (7)—#608 (5)#337 (94)
2024#487 (629)#980 (36)#541 (5)—#320 (12)#471 (64)
2023#520 (586)#941 (37)#395 (8)—#445 (8)#529 (55)
2022#531 (585)#809 (44)#625 (4)—#634 (5)#465 (63)
2021#515 (600)#788 (46)#485 (6)#298 (5)#661 (5)#429 (72)
2020#483 (634)#735 (50)#636 (4)—#410 (9)#508 (58)
2019#510 (616)#778 (48)#406 (8)#424 (3)#421 (9)#445 (74)
2018#508 (611)#729 (54)#415 (8)#313 (5)#436 (9)#509 (61)
2017#547 (565)#915 (41)#446 (7)—#579 (6)#591 (52)
2016#595 (507)#655 (64)#311 (12)#440 (3)#359 (12)#488 (67)
2015#680 (419)#696 (58)#455 (7)—#306 (16)#700 (41)
2014#739 (379)#645 (62)#282 (15)#365 (4)#404 (11)#574 (54)
2013#730 (374)#639 (64)#319 (12)#255 (7)#374 (12)#739 (38)
2012#910 (287)#573 (74)#351 (11)#203 (9)#225 (24)#628 (46)
2011#918 (283)#432 (99)#363 (10)#277 (6)#299 (17)#894 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1905 at #69.
  • 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 2,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leona is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leona by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #230WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #231WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: #122MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #271MNIllinois: #436ILMichigan: #394MINew York: #452NYMassachusetts: #263MAOregon: #298ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #275IAIndiana: #396INOhio: #296OHPennsylvania: #259PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #436CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #298CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #418MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #286KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #674TXFlorida: #418FL
Leona (girls) 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#36214
Ontario2024#48326

Leona (girls): 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
LeonaCanadaGirls#33794
LeonaEngland & WalesGirls#70552
LeonaIrelandGirls#6085
LeonaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeonaScotlandGirls#4297
LeonaUSGirls#429723
LeonaUSBoys—too few