NameTides

Leonel

Leonel was the #350 boys' name in the US in 2025 (942 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #818 in Canada.

Leonel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Leonel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Leonel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#350 (942)#2,664 (8)#818 (32)
2024#317 (1,084)#2,672 (8)#1,156 (20)
2023#308 (1,075)#1,461 (17)#947 (25)
2022#327 (1,032)#2,321 (9)#1,092 (20)
2021#373 (868)#3,017 (6)#997 (23)
2020#345 (929)#2,404 (8)#925 (25)
2019#346 (972)#2,104 (10)#1,101 (19)
2018#358 (923)#3,959 (4)#1,471 (12)
2017#365 (903)#2,172 (10)#1,349 (14)
2016#373 (891)#1,627 (15)#1,234 (16)
2015#389 (821)#2,150 (10)#1,204 (16)
2014#430 (709)#2,079 (10)#1,778 (9)
2013#463 (606)#2,403 (8)#1,551 (11)
2012#445 (618)#1,756 (13)#1,552 (11)
2011#460 (581)#1,788 (12)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #317.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1910.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leonel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leonel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #403WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #277ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #545NYMassachusetts: #361MAOregon: #398ORNevada: #267NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #621INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #181CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #262CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #151AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #376OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #155TXFlorida: #451FL
Leonel (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#5138
Ontario2024#1,5176

Leonel (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
LeonelCanadaBoys#81832
LeonelEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
LeonelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LeonelUSGirls—too few
LeonelUSBoys#350942