Leonela — #8087 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leonela

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,044 babies named Leonela between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leonela currently holds the #8087 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 67 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 286 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leonela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 261 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Leonela in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leonela 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 1,044 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.