Leonie
Leonie was given to 80 girls in 2025, #2,291 among girls’ names; 2,231 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,350 Americans named Leonie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (61% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 6 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leonie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leonie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Leonie is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “lion” (leo).
From French Léonie, from Latin Leonia, feminine of Leonius, derived from leo (“lion”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leonie?
#2,291 among girls’ names, 2025
Leonie rose from #3,814 in 2015 to #2,291 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 22.4 to 49.8 per million.
80 babies in 2025, the peak
Leonie peaked in 2025, when 80 girls were given it, #2,291 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 74 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,291 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,449 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,124 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 55 | #3,015 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,024 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,646 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,718 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,857 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,918 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,724 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 | #3,814 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,848 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,706 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,882 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,518 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,082 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,449 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,265 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,277 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 18 | #7,020 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,142 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,650 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,281 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,092 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,164 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,360 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 17 | #6,073 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,978 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,036 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,965 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,236 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,757 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,719 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,230 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,772 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,093 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,372 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,097 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,816 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,478 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,218 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,797 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,127 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,129 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,254 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,598 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,017 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,144 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,955 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,563 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,076 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,412 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,959 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,083 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,773 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,253 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,407 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,105 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,982 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,172 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,614 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,667 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,580 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,928 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,423 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,023 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,624 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,722 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,895 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,739 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,855 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,905 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,164 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,914 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,761 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,097 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,678 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,107 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,565 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,377 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,325 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,994 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,743 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,671 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,347 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,454 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,210 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,123 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,704 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,370 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,755 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,816 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,126 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 18 | #2,029 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,729 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,369 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,549 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,190 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,569 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,198 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,873 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,390 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,099 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,174 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 16 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 17 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 17 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 16 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 15 | #923 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 15 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,138 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 18 | #776 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 16 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 13 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 18 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 21 | #654 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 11 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 11 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 14 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 16 | #680 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 21 | #564 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 12 | #677 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 17 | #547 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 10 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 8 | #821 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 7 | #787 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 8 | #654 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 10 | #564 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Leonie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leonie has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 133 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Leonie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leonie, and how old are they?
1,350 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 61% of the 2,231 Americans ever recorded as Leonie. The median Leonie alive today is 12 years old; half are between 6 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 2,395 people named Leonie (2,361 women and girls, 34 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,038 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 46 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 99 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 88 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 103 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 293 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 719 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Leonie born?
The states with the most babies named Leonie are California, Texas and New York, with 86% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 21 | #1,209 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 9 | #2,314 | 0.2× |
| New York | 6 | #1,961 | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #831 | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Leonie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 164,753 babies since 1880, Leonie is the fifth most given (1.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 80 of their 1,207 babies (6.6%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Leonie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Leonie and names like it
- Compare Leonie and LeonaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLeonie peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leonie since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Leonie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Leonie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Leonie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.