Boys' name · since 2006
Leto
Leto has 143 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,078 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,362 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leto currently ranks #6362 among boys' names in America, with 143 babies recorded since 2006.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leto has been recorded 143 times among boys since 2006, currently ranked #6362 nationally and more common than 54% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #15,078 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,362 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 143 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leto ranks #15,078 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,362 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 143 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,078 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,362 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leto's 143 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Leto compares
143 32nd 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
Leto's all-time total is 61% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leto | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 143 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Leto's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Leto splits its recorded history at 2017: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Leto popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Leto by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (78 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Leto's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Leto births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 78 births (55% of all-time use).
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Leto 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.