Leone
Leone was the 4204th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 2763rd; the most babies were born in 2023 (25). Over the last ten years it has moved up 40 places. More babies were named Leone in the 1910s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,204 boys, up 1,170 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25boys
- Girls and boys
- 27% girls, 73% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202325 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,637babies recorded
Leone popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,189 | #4,204 | 6 | 25 |
| 2020 | #10,769 | #5,374 | 9 | 17 |
| 2010 | #16,128 | #7,924 | 6 | 10 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | #8,660 | — | 7 | — |
| 1970 | #6,727 | — | 7 | — |
| 1960 | #4,062 | — | 11 | — |
| 1950 | #2,088 | — | 22 | — |
| 1940 | #1,195 | — | 38 | — |
| 1930 | #765 | #4,318 | 85 | 5 |
| 1920 | #488 | #3,374 | 199 | 8 |
| 1910 | #399 | — | 98 | — |
| 1900 | #410 | — | 67 | — |
| 1890 | #514 | — | 26 | — |
| 1880 | #712 | — | 7 | — |
How popular is Leone, counting every spelling?
Leone has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Leone?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Leone (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Leone 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 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Leone.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Leone?
About 400 people born in the US named Leone are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Leone 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.
Leone by state
How common Leone was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Leone: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Leone, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Leone
How popular is the name Leone?
Leone was the 4204th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 1928, when it ranked 2763rd; the most babies were born in 2023 (25). Over the last ten years it has moved up 40 places. More babies were named Leone in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Leone a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 27% girls, 73% boys given the name Leone in the US.
Where is Leone most popular?
In 2021–2025, Leone was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and Florida.