NameTides

Leonardo

Leonardo was the #91 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,789 babies), and #126 in England & Wales and #162 in Canada.

Leonardo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Leonardo 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaIrelandScotlandNorthern Ireland
Leonardo 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#91 (3,789)#126 (389)#278 (13)#314 (5)#188 (25)#162 (205)#79 (103)—
2024#84 (3,966)#124 (439)#234 (17)#256 (7)#187 (26)#186 (183)—#100 (78)
2023#84 (4,030)#122 (439)#366 (9)#272 (6)#166 (31)#163 (199)#74 (108)#82 (80)
2022#75 (4,367)#127 (439)#217 (19)#311 (5)#178 (29)#144 (234)#66 (121)#77 (87)
2021#87 (4,105)#116 (498)#273 (15)#249 (8)#279 (16)#161 (230)#74 (125)#82 (91)
2020#86 (4,104)#128 (428)#278 (14)—#240 (20)#170 (214)#81 (110)#68 (103)
2019#86 (4,427)#116 (494)#233 (19)#365 (4)#202 (26)#177 (210)#91 (99)—
2018#93 (4,223)#119 (504)#325 (11)#319 (5)#224 (24)#184 (207)#98 (91)#79 (83)
2017#97 (4,131)#136 (433)#236 (20)#279 (6)#418 (8)#188 (203)—#95 (68)
2016#96 (4,325)#132 (453)#331 (11)#358 (4)#329 (13)#203 (183)——
2015#103 (3,823)#160 (366)#359 (9)#415 (3)#376 (10)#247 (144)——
2014#114 (3,450)#178 (315)#336 (11)#398 (3)#325 (13)#230 (156)——
2013#131 (2,909)#196 (283)#280 (14)#398 (3)#309 (14)#316 (102)——
2012#152 (2,684)#230 (225)#246 (18)—#401 (9)#335 (91)——
2011#149 (2,641)#215 (228)#459 (6)—#326 (13)#312 (98)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #75.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.

How common is it?

about 1 in 450 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 450common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 700common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 950common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 780common

Next year

On its recent trend, Leonardo is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 450 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 420 to 1 in 490.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leonardo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #116WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #91WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #193MNIllinois: #44ILMichigan: #191MINew York: #88NYMassachusetts: #115MAOregon: #128ORNevada: #30NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #156IAIndiana: #200INOhio: #232OHPennsylvania: #184PANew Jersey: #79NJConnecticut: #106CTRhode Island: #112RICalifornia: #32CAUtah: #158UTColorado: #110CONebraska: #131NEMissouri: #245MOKentucky: #319KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #142VAMaryland: #136MDDelaware: #114DEArizona: #37AZNew Mexico: #148NMKansas: #167KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #217TNNorth Carolina: #145NCSouth Carolina: #188SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #153OKLouisiana: #278LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #289ALGeorgia: #140GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #39TXFlorida: #85FL
Leonardo (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
Ontario2024#112112
Quebec2025#19228

Leonardo (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
LeonardoCanadaBoys#162205
LeonardoEngland & WalesBoys#126389
LeonardoIrelandBoys#18825
LeonardoNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
LeonardoNSWBoys#79103
LeonardoScotlandBoys#27813
LeonardoUSGirls—too few
LeonardoUSBoys#913,789
LeonardoVICBoys—too few