NameTides

Leonard

Leonard was the #637 boys' name in the US in 2025 (438 babies), and #249 in England & Wales and #170 in Canada.

Leonard as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Leonard as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandUS
Leonard as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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 publishes its top 100 only, so it appears 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#637 (438)#249 (187)#495 (6)#344 (4)#272 (16)#170 (199)—
2024#670 (409)#244 (200)#352 (10)—#374 (10)#165 (204)—
2023#692 (384)#237 (204)#366 (9)#395 (3)#436 (8)#149 (208)—
2022#707 (373)#234 (206)#703 (3)—#306 (14)#152 (224)—
2021#650 (421)#222 (233)#477 (6)#433 (3)#336 (12)#171 (214)—
2020#635 (421)#228 (213)#426 (7)—#556 (5)#150 (237)—
2019#614 (443)#217 (235)#355 (9)#418 (3)#438 (8)#158 (234)—
2018#635 (417)#244 (213)#433 (7)—#401 (9)#175 (218)—
2017#605 (437)#247 (216)#406 (8)—#418 (8)#191 (201)—
2016#598 (450)#249 (215)#315 (12)—#448 (7)#242 (149)—
2015#650 (400)#255 (201)#337 (10)—#355 (11)#255 (139)—
2014#666 (385)#264 (185)#587 (4)—#428 (8)#258 (135)—
2013#685 (349)#318 (134)#687 (3)—#534 (5)#298 (110)—
2012#703 (338)#343 (128)——#379 (10)#289 (111)—
2011#703 (326)#361 (115)#459 (6)—#407 (9)#317 (97)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1920 at #38.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 800common

Next year

On its recent trend, Leonard is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leonard by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #275MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #562NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #489PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #658CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #535CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #352KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,039TXFlorida: #649FL
Leonard (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#39155
Ontario2024#41930

Leonard (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
LeonardCanadaBoys#170199
LeonardEngland & WalesBoys#249187
LeonardIrelandBoys#27216
LeonardNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
LeonardNSWBoys—too few
LeonardScotlandBoys#4956
LeonardUSGirls—too few
LeonardUSBoys#637438