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Leopold: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 76 in 2025. Its best rank was #591 in 1895.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #591 in 1895; #2,001 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Leopold in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,001 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1895, at #591.
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Leopold: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 76 boys in 2025. Peak: #591 in 1895 · most boys in one year: 120 (2020).
In 2025, 76 US boys were named Leopold, making it the 2,001st most common boys’ name of the year, up 70 places from #2,071 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 73 boys named Leopold in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #591, reached in 1895. The most boys given the name in a single year was 120, in 2020. For comparison, it was #1,699 in 2015 and #1,684 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Leopold in 137 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 4,043 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 808 babies named Leopold.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 974 US boys were named Leopold; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 120. In 2025 that was about 1 in 22,475 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Leopold ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #507 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Leopoldo (5,975 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Leopold in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 10 | #507 | #643 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,396 | #1,158 |
| New York | 7 | #1,503 | #1,747 |
| Florida | 5 | #1,995 | #1,466 |
| Texas | 5 | #2,802 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 76 | #2,001 |
| 2024 | — | — | 73 | #2,071 |
| 2023 | — | — | 87 | #1,841 |
| 2022 | — | — | 103 | #1,671 |
| 2021 | — | — | 101 | #1,654 |
| 2020 | — | — | 120 | #1,444 |
| 2019 | — | — | 103 | #1,610 |
| 2018 | — | — | 114 | #1,511 |
| 2017 | — | — | 106 | #1,549 |
| 2016 | — | — | 91 | #1,714 |
| 2015 | — | — | 92 | #1,699 |
| 2014 | — | — | 69 | #2,053 |
| 2013 | — | — | 65 | #2,080 |
| 2012 | — | — | 60 | #2,198 |
| 2011 | — | — | 53 | #2,391 |
| 2010 | — | — | 55 | #2,342 |
| 2009 | — | — | 45 | #2,734 |
| 2008 | — | — | 52 | #2,451 |
| 2007 | — | — | 43 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | — | — | 35 | #3,129 |
| 2005 | — | — | 38 | #2,827 |
| 2004 | — | — | 35 | #2,929 |
| 2003 | — | — | 25 | #3,589 |
| 2002 | — | — | 45 | #2,323 |
| 2001 | — | — | 19 | #4,224 |
| 2000 | — | — | 10 | #6,635 |
| 1999 | — | — | 13 | #5,216 |
| 1998 | — | — | 18 | #3,947 |
| 1997 | — | — | 15 | #4,377 |
| 1996 | — | — | 12 | #5,069 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,688 |
| 1994 | — | — | 14 | #4,439 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7 | #7,287 |
| 1992 | — | — | 7 | #7,119 |
| 1991 | — | — | 13 | #4,374 |
| 1990 | — | — | 12 | #4,565 |
| 1989 | — | — | 8 | #5,981 |
| 1988 | — | — | 11 | #4,338 |
| 1987 | — | — | 13 | #3,650 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,329 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,507 |
| 1984 | — | — | 9 | #4,415 |
| 1983 | — | — | 13 | #3,342 |
| 1982 | — | — | 17 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #5,955 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,277 |
| 1978 | — | — | 12 | #3,319 |
| 1977 | — | — | 14 | #2,992 |
| 1976 | — | — | 13 | #3,027 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,841 |
| 1974 | — | — | 6 | #4,997 |
| 1973 | — | — | 12 | #2,954 |
| 1972 | — | — | 14 | #2,608 |
| 1971 | — | — | 11 | #3,080 |
| 1970 | — | — | 16 | #2,363 |
| 1969 | — | — | 12 | #2,630 |
| 1968 | — | — | 5 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | — | — | 9 | #2,894 |
| 1966 | — | — | 16 | #2,013 |
| 1965 | — | — | 14 | #2,227 |
| 1964 | — | — | 21 | #1,773 |
| 1963 | — | — | 16 | #2,085 |
| 1962 | — | — | 10 | #2,780 |
| 1961 | — | — | 7 | #3,536 |
| 1960 | — | — | 17 | #2,016 |
| 1959 | — | — | 18 | #1,944 |
| 1958 | — | — | 17 | #1,992 |
| 1957 | — | — | 22 | #1,739 |
| 1956 | — | — | 19 | #1,865 |
| 1955 | — | — | 12 | #2,381 |
| 1954 | — | — | 21 | #1,688 |
| 1953 | — | — | 13 | #2,243 |
| 1952 | — | — | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1951 | — | — | 24 | #1,547 |
| 1950 | — | — | 20 | #1,684 |
| 1949 | — | — | 19 | #1,733 |
| 1948 | — | — | 20 | #1,686 |
| 1947 | — | — | 18 | #1,824 |
| 1946 | — | — | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1945 | — | — | 20 | #1,517 |
| 1944 | — | — | 15 | #1,857 |
| 1943 | — | — | 24 | #1,450 |
| 1942 | — | — | 14 | #2,006 |
| 1941 | — | — | 21 | #1,510 |
| 1940 | — | — | 23 | #1,421 |
| 1939 | — | — | 11 | #2,242 |
| 1938 | — | — | 13 | #2,050 |
| 1937 | — | — | 14 | #1,960 |
| 1936 | — | — | 25 | #1,347 |
| 1935 | — | — | 32 | #1,179 |
| 1934 | — | — | 35 | #1,125 |
| 1933 | — | — | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1932 | — | — | 34 | #1,166 |
| 1931 | — | — | 44 | #1,005 |
| 1930 | — | — | 27 | #1,412 |
| 1929 | — | — | 36 | #1,167 |
| 1928 | — | — | 40 | #1,117 |
| 1927 | — | — | 40 | #1,140 |
| 1926 | — | — | 55 | #909 |
| 1925 | — | — | 47 | #1,005 |
| 1924 | — | — | 66 | #844 |
| 1923 | — | — | 73 | #774 |
| 1922 | — | — | 68 | #824 |
| 1921 | — | — | 68 | #838 |
| 1920 | — | — | 67 | #823 |
| 1919 | — | — | 48 | #980 |
| 1918 | — | — | 50 | #947 |
| 1917 | — | — | 67 | #769 |
| 1916 | — | — | 79 | #665 |
| 1915 | — | — | 57 | #807 |
| 1914 | — | — | 57 | #674 |
| 1913 | — | — | 40 | #740 |
| 1912 | — | — | 37 | #711 |
| 1911 | — | — | 19 | #744 |
| 1910 | — | — | 14 | #842 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,053 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #805 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #909 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #971 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #974 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,225 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #714 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #707 |
| 1900 | — | — | 10 | #878 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #912 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #784 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #864 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #591 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #879 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #722 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #787 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #996 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #796 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #810 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #676 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #748 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #717 |
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).