Leona — #488 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leona

The Social Security Administration has registered 112,600 babies named Leona between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leona currently holds the #488 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 3,335 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leona performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 26,031 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Leona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 7,518 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Leona in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leona in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 112,600 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.