Girls' name · since 1980
Leonela
1,057 babies named Leonela in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,038 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,057
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leonela currently ranks #8038 among girls' names in America, with 1,057 babies recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leonela has been recorded 1,057 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #8038 nationally and more common than 54% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #7,220 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,038 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,057 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leonela ranks #7,220 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,038 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,057 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,038 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,057
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leonela's 1,057 recorded births place it above 90.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Leonela compares
1,057 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Leonela's all-time total is 181% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leonela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,057 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leonela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leonela's full recorded timeline at 2004, 32% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 68% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 67 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leonela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1985)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Leonela by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (286 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Leonela's strongest decade.
286 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Leonela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
272 births
- 1990s
1990s
285 births
- 2000s
2000s
286 births
- 2010s
2010s
134 births
- 2020s 80
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 286 births (27% of all-time use).
How Leonela 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 Leonela's total volume
Leonela by state
Where Leonela concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 261 | 24.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 198 | 18.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 48 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Colorado | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
261 of 1,057 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Leonela's data
- Leonela's decade-level peak was the 2000s (286 total births); usage has since declined to 80 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Leonelas (261 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Leonela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Leonela 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.