Girls' name · since 1945
Leondra
758 babies named Leondra in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,066 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 758
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
Leondra is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 758 have been recorded since 1945.
Social Security Administration records show Leondra recorded 758 times among girls since 1945, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2017.
- #9,066 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 758 born since 1945
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leondra ranks #9,066 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 758 born since 1945, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,066 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 758
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
Leondra's 758 recorded births place it above 87.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Leondra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leondra's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1945, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 37, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leondra popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2017
- Peak year (1995)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Leondra popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1977 (Leondra as boys' name)
Leondra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (244 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Leondra's strongest decade.
244 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Leondra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 56
1960s
56 births
- 1970s
1970s
127 births
- 1980s
1980s
169 births
- 1990s
1990s
244 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 244 births (32% of all-time use).
How Leondra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leondra's total volume
Leondra by state
Where Leondra concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 65 | 8.6% |
| #2 | California | | 21 | 2.8% |
65 of 758 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Leondra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (244 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Leondras (65 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leondra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1945–2017 (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 Leondra 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.