Leandro
Leandro was the 406th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 785 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 377 places. More babies were named Leandro in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning lion man (Spanish form of Leander) · Greek, Spanish
Say it lee-AN-droh /liˈændroʊ/
- Rank in 2025
- #406 boys, up 240 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 785boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025785 babies
- Total since 1880
- 11,078babies recorded
What does the name Leandro mean?
Leandro is the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Leander. DMNES derives it from Greek leōn, "lion", and anēr, "man", and lists the Leander of Greek myth, who swam the Hellespont nightly to visit Hero, and the 6th-century Saint Leander of Seville; it records Leandro in Spain in 1575. It is common in Latino families in the US.
λέων (Ancient Greek, “lion”)ἀνήρ (Ancient Greek, “man”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Leander, Leo, Leandra.
See also: Greek names, names that mean an animal.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Leander', DMNES, Durham University
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'Leandro', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
Nicknames for Leandro
The usual nicknames for Leandro are Leo. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Leandro in the last five years, 1359 were named Leo, against 713 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo · also for Leonardo, Leonel, Leonidas | Modern | #19 | 40,252 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Leandros go by each one.
Leandro popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #406 | 785 |
| 2020 | #646 | 415 |
| 2010 | #817 | 263 |
| 2000 | #1,357 | 94 |
| 1990 | #1,405 | 64 |
| 1980 | #1,582 | 38 |
| 1970 | #1,509 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,646 | 25 |
| 1950 | #1,245 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,603 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,550 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,406 | 28 |
| 1910 | #1,515 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Leandro, counting every spelling?
Leandro has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #414 for boys in 2025, against #406 on the official list, because Kason/Kasen/Casen and Mohamed/Mohammad/Mohammed and Rhys/Reece/Rhyse move ahead once their spellings are combined.
How many kids will share the name Leandro?
785 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Leandro (0.22 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Leandro born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 11 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Leandro.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Leandro?
About 10,100 people born in the US named Leandro are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 21. That makes Leandro a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Leandro by state
How common Leandro was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Nevada (2.1×), Connecticut (2.1×), New Jersey (2.0×), Texas (1.7×), California (1.7×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Leandro: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Leandro, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Leandro · Sibling names for Leandro
Questions about the name Leandro
What does Leandro mean?
Leandro means “lion man (Spanish form of Leander)” (Greek, Spanish origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Leandro?
Leandro was the 406th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 785 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 377 places. More babies were named Leandro in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Leandro a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Leandro in the US.
Where is Leandro most popular?
In 2021–2025, Leandro was most common in Nevada (0.72 per 1,000 boys), followed by Connecticut and New Jersey.