Leonella — #8993 US girls' name
90 babies named Leonella in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Leonella was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Leonella in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leonella
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Leonella between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leonella currently holds the #8993 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonella performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leonella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leonella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leonella 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 90 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.
Leonella at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leonella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1918
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
Currently ranks #8993 among girls.
90 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 11 births in a single year.
Leonella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 52 births that decade — 58% of Leonella's all-time total
Leonella decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leonella's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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 | 5.6% |
5 of 90 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.