Leonila — girls' name

What the Data Says About Leonila

The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Leonila between 1922 and 2023, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leonila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonila performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Leonila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Leonila in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leonila 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 337 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.