NameTides

Leopold

Leopold was the #1,992 boys' name in the US in 2025 (76 babies), and #2,133 in England & Wales and #713 in Canada.

Leopold as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Leopold as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Leopold as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,992 (76)#2,133 (11)—#713 (38)
2024#2,057 (73)#1,460 (18)—#842 (30)
2023#1,832 (87)#1,207 (23)—#724 (35)
2022#1,665 (103)#1,029 (28)—#604 (44)
2021#1,645 (101)#1,448 (17)—#713 (38)
2020#1,437 (120)#993 (28)—#619 (41)
2019#1,606 (103)#974 (29)—#664 (38)
2018#1,506 (114)#932 (31)—#778 (31)
2017#1,541 (106)#1,097 (26)—#651 (39)
2016#1,706 (91)#974 (30)—#738 (34)
2015#1,691 (92)#977 (30)—#791 (30)
2014#2,044 (69)#1,117 (24)#680 (3)#977 (22)
2013#2,065 (65)#2,216 (9)—#944 (23)
2012#2,185 (60)#1,589 (15)—#996 (21)
2011#2,376 (53)#1,303 (19)—#958 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1895 at #579.
  • Falling 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 23,000 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 23,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leopold is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 26,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 22,000 to 1 in 30,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leopold by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Leopold (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#19228

Leopold (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
LeopoldCanadaBoys#71338
LeopoldEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
LeopoldNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LeopoldScotlandBoys—too few
LeopoldUSBoys#1,99276