Leonardo — #84 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Leonardo

The Social Security Administration has registered 92,243 babies named Leonardo between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leonardo currently holds the #84 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 4,425 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonardo performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 35,223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Leonardo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23,927 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Leonardo in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leonardo 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 92,243 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.