Leonie
Leonie was the 2291st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 80 babies. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 547th; the most babies were born in 2025 (80). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,524 places. More babies were named Leonie in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,291 girls, up 355 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 80girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202580 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,231babies recorded
Leonie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,291 | 80 |
| 2020 | #2,646 | 64 |
| 2010 | #6,084 | 22 |
| 2000 | #6,367 | 17 |
| 1990 | #12,236 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #7,564 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,983 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,723 | 15 |
| 1940 | #3,099 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,160 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,126 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,390 | 12 |
| 1900 | #1,139 | 12 |
| 1890 | #680 | 16 |
| 1880 | #564 | 10 |
How popular is Leonie, counting every spelling?
Leonie is the most common spelling of a name family that had 80 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 80 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonie | 80 | #2,291 | 317 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Leonie?
80 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Leonie (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Leonie 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 105 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Leonie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Leonie?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Leonie are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 29. That makes Leonie 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.
Leonie by state
How common Leonie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.1×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Leonie
How popular is the name Leonie?
Leonie was the 2291st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 80 babies. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 547th; the most babies were born in 2025 (80). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,524 places. More babies were named Leonie in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Leonie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Leonie in the US.
Where is Leonie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Leonie was most common in California (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Massachusetts.