Leonardo
Leonardo was given to 3,789 boys in 2025, #91 among boys’ names; 96,207 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 92,700 Americans named Leonardo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 6 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leonardo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leonardo mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Leonardo is “a male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Leonard.”
Borrowed from Italian Leonardo.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leonardo?
#91 among boys’ names, 2025
Leonardo rose from #103 in 2015 to #91 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.0 to 2.2 per 1,000.
4,433 babies in 2019, the peak
Leonardo peaked in 2019, when 4,433 babies were given it (4,427 boys, #86 among boys’ names). The 3,789 births of 2025 are 85% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,789 | #91 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 3,966 | #84 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 4,030 | #84 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 4,367 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 4,105 | #87 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 4,104 | #86 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 4,427 | #86 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 4,223 | #93 | 2.3 |
| 2017 | 4,131 | #97 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 4,325 | #96 | 2.3 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,823 | #103 | 2.0 |
| 2014 | 3,450 | #114 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | 2,909 | #131 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 2,684 | #152 | 1.4 |
| 2011 | 2,641 | #149 | 1.4 |
| 2010 | 2,617 | #150 | 1.4 |
| 2009 | 2,368 | #164 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 2,346 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 2,527 | #164 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 2,187 | #183 | 1.1 |
| 2005 | 2,146 | #186 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 1,964 | #195 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 1,708 | #211 | 0.86 |
| 2002 | 1,460 | #230 | 0.75 |
| 2001 | 1,453 | #234 | 0.75 |
| 2000 | 1,331 | #253 | 0.68 |
| 1999 | 1,231 | #255 | 0.64 |
| 1998 | 1,160 | #257 | 0.61 |
| 1997 | 707 | #357 | 0.38 |
| 1996 | 585 | #401 | 0.31 |
| 1995 | 570 | #402 | 0.30 |
| 1994 | 621 | #378 | 0.32 |
| 1993 | 643 | #368 | 0.33 |
| 1992 | 601 | #381 | 0.30 |
| 1991 | 612 | #374 | 0.30 |
| 1990 | 555 | #414 | 0.27 |
| 1989 | 398 | #478 | 0.20 |
| 1988 | 356 | #486 | 0.19 |
| 1987 | 320 | #498 | 0.17 |
| 1986 | 310 | #498 | 0.17 |
| 1985 | 301 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1984 | 295 | #489 | 0.16 |
| 1983 | 266 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1982 | 314 | #480 | 0.17 |
| 1981 | 290 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1980 | 344 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1979 | 277 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1978 | 243 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1977 | 256 | #513 | 0.16 |
| 1976 | 255 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 277 | #481 | 0.18 |
| 1974 | 268 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1973 | 223 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1972 | 249 | #500 | 0.15 |
| 1971 | 221 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 198 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 157 | #632 | 0.09 |
| 1968 | 144 | #632 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 152 | #609 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 162 | #590 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 124 | #667 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 129 | #679 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 137 | #669 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 141 | #652 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 149 | #639 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 105 | #753 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 122 | #696 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 106 | #725 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 90 | #790 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 85 | #813 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 86 | #787 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 96 | #736 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 82 | #791 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 82 | #778 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 64 | #875 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 66 | #841 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 64 | #859 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 55 | #938 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 52 | #990 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 67 | #809 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 61 | #792 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 57 | #837 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 48 | #974 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,069 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 42 | #997 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,040 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,023 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,055 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,113 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,080 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 59 | #808 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 50 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 44 | #955 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,018 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,077 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 59 | #865 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 50 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 62 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 60 | #867 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,018 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 52 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,057 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,360 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,392 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,009 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,292 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,320 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 13 | #957 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 12 | #964 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 12 | #874 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,511 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,153 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 8 | #972 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,089 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Leonardo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leonardo has been given almost only to boys: 141 girls in 122 years of records.
Girls and boys named Leonardo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leonardo, and how old are they?
92,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 96,207 Americans ever recorded as Leonardo. The median Leonardo alive today is 12 years old; half are between 6 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 82,530 people named Leonardo (200 women and girls, 82,330 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 70,207 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% above 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 | 162 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,220 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,170 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,750 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 30,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 51,300 |
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 Leonardo born?
The states with the most babies named Leonardo are California, Texas and Florida, with 48% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 838 | #32 | 2.0× |
| Texas | 720 | #39 | 2.0× |
| Florida | 244 | #86 | 1.1× |
| New York | 207 | #88 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 203 | #44 | 1.4× |
| Arizona | 146 | #37 | 1.5× |
| New Jersey | 114 | #80 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 88 | #148 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 84 | #142 | 0.6× |
| Washington | 83 | #92 | 0.8× |
Where Leonardo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Leonardo is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.0 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 Leonardo 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 96,322 babies since 1880, Leonardo is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,789 of their 3,789 babies (100%), 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 Leonardo
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 Leonardo and names like it
- Compare Leonardo and LenardoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sLeonardo peaked in 2019.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leonardo since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Leonardo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Leonardo.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Leonardo alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.