Boys' name · since 1917
Leonhard
Leonhard has 69 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1932 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,937 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,140 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
69 babies have been named Leonhard since 1917, making it today's #12140 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Leonhard recorded 69 times among boys since 1917, holding rank #12140 nationally today, ahead of 13% of boys, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #19,937 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,140 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 1917
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leonhard ranks #19,937 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,140 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 69 born since 1917, peaking in the 1910s.
- #19,937 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,140 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 1917
- 1910s
- peak decade
Leonhard's 69 recorded births place it above 56.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leonhard compares
69 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Leonhard's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leonhard | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leonhard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leonhard's SSA record in two at 1932 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1924, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1932 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leonhard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1932)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Leonhard by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (18 births, 26% of the file).
1910s was Leonhard's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Leonhard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 18 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Leonhard's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~1932)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Leonhard 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.