NameTides

Leonidas

Leonidas was the #510 boys' name in the US in 2025 (591 babies), and #452 in England & Wales and #499 in Canada.

Leonidas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leonidas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Leonidas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#510 (591)#452 (85)#762 (3)#829 (3)#499 (60)
2024#510 (597)#475 (84)#727 (3)—#542 (51)
2023#476 (638)#419 (93)——#630 (42)
2022#421 (760)#472 (84)#703 (3)—#530 (52)
2021#446 (688)#431 (97)#401 (8)—#422 (70)
2020#457 (649)#448 (90)#711 (3)—#507 (52)
2019#482 (608)#518 (75)#609 (4)—#551 (50)
2018#504 (569)#549 (68)#704 (3)—#818 (29)
2017#498 (582)#517 (76)#733 (3)—#543 (50)
2016#505 (593)#585 (62)——#653 (40)
2015#518 (556)#571 (65)——#679 (38)
2014#559 (494)#670 (50)——#715 (35)
2013#704 (337)#621 (55)#687 (3)—#892 (25)
2012#786 (288)#682 (49)—#718 (3)#862 (26)
2011#886 (234)#852 (34)#544 (4)#730 (3)#1,326 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #421.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,900 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 2,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leonidas is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 3,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leonidas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #364WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #375ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #583NYMassachusetts: #361MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #431INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #494CAUtah: #327UTColorado: #293CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #392MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #439TXFlorida: #403FL
Leonidas (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#32614
Ontario2024#75315

Leonidas (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
LeonidasCanadaBoys#49960
LeonidasEngland & WalesBoys#45285
LeonidasIrelandBoys#8293
LeonidasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LeonidasScotlandBoys#7623
LeonidasUSBoys#510591