Leandro
Leandro was given to 785 boys in 2025, #406 among boys’ names; 11,078 Americans have been recorded with it since 1906 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,100 Americans named Leandro and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leandro by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leandro mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Leandro is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the senses “lion” (λέων) and “man” (ἀνήρ).
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέανδρος (Léandros), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
/leˈan.dro/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leandro?
#406 among boys’ names, 2025
Leandro rose from #783 in 2015 to #406 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.16 to 0.46 per 1,000.
785 babies in 2025, the peak
Leandro peaked in 2025, when 785 boys were given it, #406 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 614 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 785 | #406 | 0.46 |
| 2024 | 614 | #498 | 0.36 |
| 2023 | 563 | #525 | 0.33 |
| 2022 | 541 | #551 | 0.31 |
| 2021 | 458 | #608 | 0.26 |
| 2020 | 415 | #646 | 0.24 |
| 2019 | 443 | #615 | 0.25 |
| 2018 | 349 | #694 | 0.19 |
| 2017 | 334 | #721 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 358 | #691 | 0.19 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 298 | #783 | 0.16 |
| 2014 | 294 | #785 | 0.15 |
| 2013 | 286 | #791 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 267 | #823 | 0.14 |
| 2011 | 257 | #840 | 0.14 |
| 2010 | 263 | #817 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 241 | #877 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 224 | #915 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 238 | #871 | 0.11 |
| 2006 | 231 | #866 | 0.11 |
| 2005 | 211 | #871 | 0.11 |
| 2004 | 160 | #1,026 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 126 | #1,181 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 131 | #1,113 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 95 | #1,351 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,354 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,164 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 63 | #1,654 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 51 | #1,846 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,886 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 56 | #1,632 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,681 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 61 | #1,494 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 63 | #1,434 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 64 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 78 | #1,211 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 56 | #1,395 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,581 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,575 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,104 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,617 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,631 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,566 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,401 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,423 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,882 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,491 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,535 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,508 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 39 | #1,271 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,492 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,302 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,334 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 25 | #1,577 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 33 | #1,376 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,643 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 42 | #1,207 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,481 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,645 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,483 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,869 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,533 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,792 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 27 | #1,496 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,686 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,748 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,504 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,709 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,244 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,646 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,367 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,351 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,724 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,978 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,609 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,271 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,613 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,356 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,603 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,345 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,264 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,561 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,572 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,136 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,372 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,683 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,378 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,550 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,434 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,737 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,248 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,421 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,704 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,985 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,928 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,442 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,930 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,963 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,075 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,334 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,379 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,649 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,748 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,485 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,890 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,514 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,592 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,308 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,190 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Leandro a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leandro has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 119 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Leandro: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leandro, and how old are they?
10,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 11,078 Americans ever recorded as Leandro. The median Leandro alive today is 11 years old; half are between 5 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 11,447 people named Leandro (35 women and girls, 11,412 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,011 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 77 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 330 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 520 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 757 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,730 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,700 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Leandro born?
The states with the most babies named Leandro are Texas, California and Florida, with 46% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 154 | #256 | 1.9× |
| California | 135 | #276 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 58 | #334 | 1.7× |
| New Jersey | 42 | #229 | 1.5× |
| New York | 34 | #487 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 33 | #351 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 23 | #475 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 22 | #479 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 22 | #374 | 0.7× |
| Colorado | 20 | #324 | 0.4× |
Where Leandro is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Leandro is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Leandro with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 13,693 babies since 1880, Leandro is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 785 of their 825 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Leandro
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Leandro and names like it
- Compare Leandro and LeandreBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLeandro peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leandro since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Leandro: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Leandro.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Leandro alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.