Leonhard — boys' name
64 babies named Leonhard in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Leonhard was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Leonhard in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leonhard
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Leonhard between 1917 and 2023, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leonhard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonhard performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leonhard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leonhard 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 64 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.
Leonhard at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leonhard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1917
- Peak year (1932)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
64 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 8 births in a single year.
Leonhard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 18 births that decade — 28% of Leonhard's all-time total
Leonhard decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Leonhard's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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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, 1917–2023 (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.