Leonce — boys' name

What the Data Says About Leonce

The Social Security Administration has registered 431 babies named Leonce between 1882 and 2008, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leonce currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonce performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Leonce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 234 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leonce in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leonce 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 431 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.