Leonilda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Leonilda

The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Leonilda between 1909 and 1964, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leonilda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonilda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Leonilda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Leonilda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leonilda 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 125 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.