Girls' name · since 1918
Leonella
Leonella has 98 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,020 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leonella currently ranks #11020 among girls' names in America, with 98 babies recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leonella has been recorded 98 times among girls since 1918, currently ranked #11020 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #27,333 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,020 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 98 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leonella ranks #27,333 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,020 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 98 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,020 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leonella's 98 recorded births place it above 62.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Leonella compares
98 25th percentile among 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
Leonella's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leonella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 98 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leonella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leonella's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leonella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Leonella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (52 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Leonella's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Leonella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 52 births (53% of all-time use).
Leonella by state
Where Leonella concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 5.1% |
5 of 98 births nationwide.
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What to do with Leonella's data
- Leonella's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Leonellas (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leonella: 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 (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Leonella 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.