Girls' name · since 1880
Leonie
Leonie has 2,231 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,231
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leonie is the #2278 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,231 recorded since 1880.
Leonie has 2,231 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2278 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #4,383 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,278 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,231 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leonie ranks #4,383 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,278 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,231 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,231
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Leonie's 2,231 recorded births place it above 93.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Leonie compares
2,231 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Leonie's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leonie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,231 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 80 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leonie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leonie's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 80, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leonie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 80
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Leonie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (436 births, 20% of the file).
2010s was Leonie's strongest decade.
436 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Leonie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 93
1880s
93 births
- 1890s 147
1890s
147 births
- 1900s 137
1900s
137 births
- 1910s
1910s
193 births
- 1920s 170
1920s
170 births
- 1930s 89
1930s
89 births
- 1940s 73
1940s
73 births
- 1950s 73
1950s
73 births
- 1960s 73
1960s
73 births
- 1970s 58
1970s
58 births
- 1980s 64
1980s
64 births
- 1990s 75
1990s
75 births
- 2000s 169
2000s
169 births
- 2010s
2010s
436 births
- 2020s
2020s
381 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 436 births (20% of all-time use).
How Leonie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leonie's total volume
Leonie by state
Where Leonie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 164 | 7.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 89 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 46 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 36 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 23 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.3% |
164 of 2,231 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Leonie appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Leonie's data
- Leonie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (436 total births) through the 2020s (381) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Leonies (164 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leonie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Leonie 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.