Leonda — girls' name
213 babies named Leonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
213 girls have been named Leonda since 1944, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1991.
- 213
- total births
- 1944–1991
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 29%
- born in that decade
29% of everyone ever named Leonda was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Leonda in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leonda
The Social Security Administration has registered 213 babies named Leonda between 1944 and 1991, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Leonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leonda 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 213 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.
Leonda at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1944
- Peak year (1980)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
213 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 13 births in a single year.
Leonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 62 births that decade — 29% of Leonda's all-time total
Leonda decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Leonda's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1944–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.