Leoni — #8212 US girls' name
266 babies named Leoni in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Leoni was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Leoni in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leoni
The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Leoni between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leoni currently holds the #8212 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leoni performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leoni shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leoni in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leoni 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 266 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.
Leoni at a glance
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Current rank
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Leoni popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #8212 among girls.
266 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 23 births in a single year.
Leoni popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2021 (Leoni as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Leoni accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Leoni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 117 births that decade — 44% of Leoni's all-time total
Leoni decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leoni's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Leoni by state
Where Leoni concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 9 | 3.4% |
9 of 266 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.4% 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, 2000–2024 (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.