Leopoldo
Leopoldo was given to 39 boys in 2025, #3,108 among boys’ names; 5,975 Americans have been recorded with it since 1896 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,280 Americans named Leopoldo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 24 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leopoldo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leopoldo mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Leopoldo is “a male given name, equivalent to English Leopold”
/leoˈpoldo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leopoldo?
#3,108 among boys’ names, 2025
Leopoldo fell from #2,705 in 2015 to #3,108 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 23.5 to 22.8 per million.
92 babies in 1980, the peak
Leopoldo peaked in 1980, when 92 boys were given it, #934 among boys’ names. The 39 births of 2025 are 42% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,108 | 22.8 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,312 | 20.9 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,171 | 15.2 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,311 | 20.6 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,702 | 17.1 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,243 | 20.3 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,786 | 25.1 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,666 | 16.5 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,924 | 22.2 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,914 | 21.6 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 45 | #2,705 | 23.5 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,136 | 18.7 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,789 | 22.2 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,933 | 21.1 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,027 | 20.0 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,304 | 29.2 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,371 | 27.7 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,111 | 31.9 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,399 | 26.0 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,025 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,255 | 26.5 |
| 2004 | 73 | #1,737 | 36.8 |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,635 | 39.0 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,443 | 45.8 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,490 | 42.2 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,657 | 35.6 |
| 1999 | 68 | #1,595 | 35.4 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,424 | 41.9 |
| 1997 | 68 | #1,529 | 36.1 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,307 | 44.3 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,288 | 43.6 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,199 | 47.6 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,229 | 43.3 |
| 1992 | 83 | #1,237 | 41.6 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,325 | 35.6 |
| 1990 | 82 | #1,209 | 39.9 |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,312 | 35.0 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,243 | 35.5 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,156 | 37.0 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,095 | 39.6 |
| 1985 | 74 | #1,079 | 40.0 |
| 1984 | 80 | #996 | 44.3 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,037 | 40.7 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,100 | 38.0 |
| 1981 | 84 | #990 | 46.9 |
| 1980 | 92 | #934 | 51.6 |
| 1979 | 85 | #963 | 49.4 |
| 1978 | 75 | #1,000 | 45.7 |
| 1977 | 76 | #986 | 46.3 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,060 | 39.5 |
| 1975 | 72 | #967 | 46.1 |
| 1974 | 81 | #901 | 51.5 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,042 | 39.1 |
| 1972 | 67 | #992 | 41.3 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,087 | 32.2 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,075 | 31.2 |
| 1969 | 61 | #987 | 34.1 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,011 | 31.1 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,012 | 29.8 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,051 | 27.5 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,367 | 17.2 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,104 | 24.1 |
| 1963 | 34 | #1,345 | 16.7 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,253 | 18.9 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,126 | 23.1 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,064 | 24.9 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,236 | 18.7 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,228 | 18.8 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,290 | 17.2 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,100 | 22.7 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,126 | 21.4 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,031 | 26.0 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,253 | 18.3 |
| 1952 | 52 | #997 | 26.8 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,161 | 20.7 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,056 | 25.1 |
| 1949 | 48 | #1,011 | 27.1 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,152 | 22.2 |
| 1947 | 61 | #893 | 33.3 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,185 | 21.6 |
| 1945 | 52 | #870 | 38.6 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,148 | 24.9 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,147 | 25.2 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,016 | 31.9 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,063 | 30.9 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,120 | 30.2 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,112 | 30.7 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,188 | 27.9 |
| 1937 | 42 | #975 | 39.4 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,039 | 36.6 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,384 | 24.0 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,051 | 37.8 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,114 | 35.3 |
| 1932 | 51 | #908 | 48.8 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,072 | 38.5 |
| 1930 | 57 | #882 | 51.9 |
| 1929 | 68 | #783 | 63.2 |
| 1928 | 50 | #972 | 45.1 |
| 1927 | 59 | #888 | 52.4 |
| 1926 | 58 | #885 | 52.2 |
| 1925 | 51 | #952 | 45.7 |
| 1924 | 59 | #912 | 52.1 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,204 | 32.8 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,529 | 23.0 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,260 | 30.9 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,217 | 33.8 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,221 | 34.7 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,570 | 22.7 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,731 | 20.5 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,673 | 21.3 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,289 | 31.8 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,086 | 42.8 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,752 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,249 | 34.9 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,087 | 48.7 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,014 | 56.6 |
| 1909 | 10 | #988 | 61.0 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,310 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,154 | 47.7 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,337 | 37.8 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,143 | 46.8 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,191 | 41.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Leopoldo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leopoldo has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 122 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Leopoldo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leopoldo, and how old are they?
4,280 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 5,975 Americans ever recorded as Leopoldo. The median Leopoldo alive today is 38 years old; half are between 24 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 10,189 people named Leopoldo (15 women and girls, 10,174 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,345 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 | 136 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 553 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 919 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,180 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,020 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 478 |
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 Leopoldo born?
The states with the most babies named Leopoldo are Texas, California and New Mexico, with 93% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Mexico is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,147 | #2,205 | 4.8× |
| California | 1,707 | #1,927 | 2.9× |
| New Mexico | 218 | not ranked | 5.7× |
| Illinois | 100 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 72 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arizona | 66 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 41 | #1,996 | 0.2× |
| Colorado | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Leopoldo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Leopoldo is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 5.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ 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 Leopoldo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Leopoldo
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 Leopoldo and names like it
- Compare Leopoldo and EligioBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sLeopoldo peaked in 1980.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leopoldo since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Leopoldo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1980The year the most babies were named Leopoldo.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Leopoldo alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with LMost given first.