Boys' name · since 1910
Leonel
27,067 babies named Leonel in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #350 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,067
- born since 1910
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leonel is the #350 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 27,067 recorded since 1910.
Leonel has 27,067 recorded births among boys since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #350 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #713 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #350 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 27,067 born since 1910
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leonel ranks #713 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #350 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 27,067 born since 1910, peaking in the 2010s.
- #713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #350 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,067
- born since 1910
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leonel's 27,067 recorded births place it above 98.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Leonel compares
27,067 Top 6% higher than 94% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leonel's all-time total is 73x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leonel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27,067 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,084 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leonel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leonel splits its recorded history at 1968: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1910 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 1,084 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leonel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 1,084
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Leonel popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Leonel as girls' name)
Leonel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7,618 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Leonel's strongest decade.
7,618 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Leonel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 131
1910s
131 births
- 1920s 266
1920s
266 births
- 1930s 324
1930s
324 births
- 1940s 390
1940s
390 births
- 1950s 476
1950s
476 births
- 1960s 633
1960s
633 births
- 1970s 1,083
1970s
1,083 births
- 1980s 1,886
1980s
1,886 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,191 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,139 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,618 births
- 2020s
2020s
5,930 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7,618 births (28% of all-time use).
How Leonel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Leonel's total volume
Leonel by state
Where Leonel concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7,635 | 28.2% |
| #2 | California | | 7,205 | 26.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 1,306 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,123 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 1,082 | 4.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 952 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 488 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Washington | | 443 | 1.6% |
7,635 of 27,067 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Leonel appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Leonel's data
- Leonel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (7,618 total births) through the 2020s (5,930) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Leonels (7,635 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leonel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~115 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, 1910–2025 (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 Leonel 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.