Leonia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Leonia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,567 babies named Leonia between 1882 and 2021, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leonia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Leonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 150 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Leonia in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leonia 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 1,567 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.