Boys' name · since 1982
Leonte
Leonte has 249 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,691 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,032 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 249
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
249 babies have been named Leonte since 1982, making it today's #11032 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Leonte recorded 249 times among boys since 1982, holding rank #11032 nationally today, ahead of 21% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #11,691 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,032 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 249 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leonte ranks #11,691 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,032 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 249 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,691 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,032 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 249
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Leonte's 249 recorded births place it above 74.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leonte compares
249 42nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Leonte's all-time total is 33% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leonte | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 249 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leonte's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leonte splits its recorded history at 2001: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leonte popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Leonte by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (93 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Leonte's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Leonte births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 93 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leonte's data
- Leonte's decade-level peak was the 1990s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leonte: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Leonte 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.