Leto — #5816 US boys' name
129 babies named Leto in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Leto was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Leto in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leto
The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Leto between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leto currently holds the #5816 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leto performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leto shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leto 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 129 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.
Leto at a glance
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Current rank
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Leto popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #5816 among boys.
129 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Leto by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 64 births that decade — 50% of Leto's all-time total
Leto decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Leto's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.