Meaning not yet researched.
Leon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,583 in 2025. Its best rank was #73 in 1926.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #73 in 1926; #138 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Leon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#138 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1926, at #73.
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Leon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,583 boys in 2025. Peak: #73 in 1926 · most boys in one year: 2,677 (1924).
In 2025, 2,583 US boys were named Leon, making it the 138th most common boys’ name of the year, up 3 places from #141 in 2024. That is 11 more than the 2,572 boys named Leon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #73, reached in 1926. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,677, in 1924. For comparison, it was #314 in 2015 and #119 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Leon in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 118 babies with the name. In all, 184,074 US babies have been given the name, 0.8% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 25,891 babies named Leon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 20,412 US boys were named Leon; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 2,583. In 2025 that was about 1 in 661 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Leon ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #60 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 6 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Leo (262,124 babies since 1880), Leonidas (10,281 babies since 1880), Leone (6,637 babies since 1880) and Lev (3,083 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Leane, Leeon and Leean are summarised on this page.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, German, Polish and Slovene. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Leane (520), Leeon (133), Leean (83), Leion (18), Leaon (13), Leonne (12), Lehan (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 8 | #60 | — |
| Hawaii | 11 | #83 | #220 |
| Washington | 83 | #91 | #237 |
| New York | 188 | #95 | #227 |
| California | 416 | #96 | #254 |
| Minnesota | 66 | #97 | #322 |
| Wisconsin | 58 | #103 | #194 |
| Oklahoma | 44 | #107 | #363 |
| Connecticut | 33 | #116 | #241 |
| Colorado | 61 | #118 | #294 |
| Nevada | 27 | #118 | #196 |
| Alaska | 7 | #129 | — |
| Rhode Island | 9 | #135 | — |
| Idaho | 20 | #137 | #418 |
| Massachusetts | 53 | #137 | #429 |
| Michigan | 74 | #138 | #417 |
| Utah | 38 | #139 | #353 |
| Florida | 156 | #140 | #293 |
| Ohio | 99 | #140 | #242 |
| Illinois | 85 | #140 | #345 |
| Indiana | 57 | #144 | #403 |
| Kentucky | 38 | #145 | #518 |
| Texas | 267 | #146 | #328 |
| Pennsylvania | 88 | #149 | #260 |
| New Jersey | 66 | #149 | #290 |
| Arizona | 53 | #168 | #353 |
| Tennessee | 53 | #179 | #312 |
| Missouri | 40 | #179 | #335 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #184 | — |
| Oregon | 23 | #184 | #389 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #190 | — |
| Maine | 7 | #193 | — |
| Virginia | 44 | #200 | #528 |
| Kansas | 20 | #202 | #380 |
| Maryland | 29 | #206 | #280 |
| Iowa | 19 | #215 | #351 |
| Montana | 6 | #216 | — |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #216 | — |
| South Carolina | 26 | #219 | #387 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #226 | #378 |
| Delaware | 5 | #232 | — |
| Georgia | 51 | #243 | #384 |
| Arkansas | 15 | #243 | #345 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #243 | — |
| North Carolina | 48 | #261 | #518 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #321 | #374 |
| Louisiana | 16 | #327 | #608 |
| Alabama | 15 | #368 | #379 |
| Mississippi | 8 | #399 | #601 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 2,583 | #138 |
| 2024 | — | — | 2,572 | #141 |
| 2023 | — | — | 2,459 | #148 |
| 2022 | 7 | #13,017 | 2,374 | #158 |
| 2021 | — | — | 2,198 | #177 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,403 | 1,924 | #196 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,866 | #208 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,605 | #238 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,518 | #244 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,313 | #277 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,140 | #314 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,081 | #321 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,021 | #324 |
| 2012 | — | — | 859 | #356 |
| 2011 | — | — | 696 | #406 |
| 2010 | — | — | 669 | #418 |
| 2009 | — | — | 628 | #445 |
| 2008 | — | — | 549 | #499 |
| 2007 | — | — | 543 | #488 |
| 2006 | — | — | 517 | #502 |
| 2005 | — | — | 470 | #524 |
| 2004 | — | — | 462 | #520 |
| 2003 | — | — | 495 | #497 |
| 2002 | — | — | 472 | #489 |
| 2001 | — | — | 469 | #490 |
| 2000 | — | — | 457 | #500 |
| 1999 | — | — | 463 | #480 |
| 1998 | — | — | 460 | #476 |
| 1997 | — | — | 436 | #489 |
| 1996 | — | — | 473 | #458 |
| 1995 | — | — | 503 | #452 |
| 1994 | — | — | 544 | #422 |
| 1993 | — | — | 531 | #425 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,540 | 591 | #388 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,414 | 581 | #391 |
| 1990 | — | — | 594 | #390 |
| 1989 | — | — | 647 | #351 |
| 1988 | — | — | 675 | #320 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,353 | 662 | #318 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,457 | 688 | #299 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,850 | 727 | #283 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,688 | 797 | #263 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,478 | 784 | #264 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,896 | 874 | #253 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,442 | 869 | #253 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,116 | 904 | #248 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,754 | 907 | #242 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,391 | 924 | #228 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,381 | 948 | #229 |
| 1976 | 16 | #4,069 | 924 | #221 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,777 | 884 | #233 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,317 | 973 | #219 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,144 | 1,008 | #217 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,809 | 1,024 | #218 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,705 | 1,040 | #227 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,256 | 1,222 | #207 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,738 | 1,151 | #213 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,412 | 1,197 | #196 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,814 | 1,198 | #195 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,665 | 1,308 | #187 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,677 | 1,263 | #199 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,315 | 1,482 | #190 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,407 | 1,477 | #201 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,363 | 1,542 | #196 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,131 | 1,558 | #194 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,867 | 1,647 | #189 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,171 | 1,748 | #176 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,076 | 1,932 | #163 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,880 | 1,888 | #166 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,427 | 2,043 | #154 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,789 | 2,141 | #143 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,412 | 2,146 | #140 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,375 | 2,273 | #137 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,316 | 2,377 | #124 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,877 | 2,366 | #122 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,842 | 2,427 | #119 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,292 | 2,425 | #121 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,895 | 2,384 | #119 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,405 | 2,487 | #117 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,231 | 2,339 | #113 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,847 | 2,098 | #111 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,906 | 2,151 | #108 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,965 | 2,451 | #103 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,914 | 2,550 | #93 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,322 | 2,375 | #93 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,368 | 2,318 | #89 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,363 | 2,327 | #86 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,286 | 2,355 | #85 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,663 | 2,325 | #85 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,990 | 2,282 | #82 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,377 | 2,282 | #86 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,810 | 2,306 | #87 |
| 1933 | 16 | #2,008 | 2,187 | #85 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,438 | 2,295 | #83 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,441 | 2,245 | #84 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,684 | 2,401 | #81 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,793 | 2,336 | #81 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,618 | 2,460 | #81 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,317 | 2,602 | #78 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,524 | 2,647 | #73 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,630 | 2,636 | #76 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,342 | 2,677 | #76 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,293 | 2,528 | #77 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,487 | 2,521 | #77 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,647 | 2,616 | #74 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,181 | 2,554 | #75 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,339 | 2,250 | #80 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,431 | 2,442 | #77 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,392 | 2,102 | #82 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,425 | 1,954 | #85 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,273 | 1,977 | #82 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,634 | 1,414 | #85 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,498 | 1,160 | #81 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,916 | 1,006 | #79 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,209 | 540 | #77 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,094 | 435 | #81 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,422 | 377 | #80 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,066 | 327 | #84 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,459 | 324 | #80 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,131 | 263 | #87 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,366 | 274 | #87 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,573 | 241 | #90 |
| 1903 | — | — | 287 | #76 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,102 | 248 | #86 |
| 1901 | — | — | 208 | #87 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,275 | 310 | #85 |
| 1899 | — | — | 188 | #93 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,220 | 251 | #83 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,216 | 229 | #81 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,498 | 235 | #86 |
| 1895 | — | — | 219 | #87 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,601 | 236 | #84 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,545 | 211 | #88 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,225 | 187 | #101 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,278 | 150 | #104 |
| 1890 | — | — | 197 | #87 |
| 1889 | — | — | 184 | #94 |
| 1888 | — | — | 196 | #90 |
| 1887 | — | — | 147 | #99 |
| 1886 | — | — | 142 | #109 |
| 1885 | — | — | 146 | #99 |
| 1884 | — | — | 150 | #103 |
| 1883 | — | — | 140 | #97 |
| 1882 | — | — | 131 | #114 |
| 1881 | — | — | 121 | #104 |
| 1880 | — | — | 118 | #114 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).