Girls' name · since 1944
Leonda
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 213 babies named Leonda, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,173 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Leonda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 213 have been recorded since 1944.
Social Security Administration records show Leonda recorded 213 times among girls since 1944, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1991.
- #19,173 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 213 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leonda ranks #19,173 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 213 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,173 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Leonda's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leonda's full recorded timeline at 1971, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1991
- Peak year (1980)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Leonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (62 births, 29% of the file).
1970s was Leonda's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Leonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s
1950s
39 births
- 1960s
1960s
37 births
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
48 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 62 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Leonda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leonda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leonda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.