Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Leon

#203 most common boys' name of all time · #428 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#203
Rank overall
#428 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
184,074
Since 2016
20,425
Peak year
1924 #76
Best rank
#73 1926
Girls Boys peak 2,714/yr
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Leon is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 2,583 2,583 #138
2024 — 2,572 2,572 #141
2023 — 2,459 2,459 #148
2022 7 2,374 2,381 #158
2021 — 2,198 2,198 #177
2020 6 1,924 1,930 #196
2019 — 1,866 1,866 #208
2018 — 1,605 1,605 #238
2017 — 1,518 1,518 #244
2016 — 1,313 1,313 #277
2015 — 1,140 1,140 #314
2014 — 1,081 1,081 #321
2013 — 1,021 1,021 #324
2012 — 859 859 #356
2011 — 696 696 #407
2010 — 669 669 #417
2009 — 628 628 #445
2008 — 549 549 #499
2007 — 543 543 #488
2006 — 517 517 #502
2005 — 470 470 #524
2004 — 462 462 #520
2003 — 495 495 #497
2002 — 472 472 #487
2001 — 469 469 #490
2000 — 457 457 #499
1999 — 463 463 #480
1998 — 460 460 #476
1997 — 436 436 #489
1996 — 473 473 #458
1995 — 503 503 #452
1994 — 544 544 #421
1993 — 531 531 #425
1992 5 591 596 #388
1991 5 581 586 #391
1990 — 594 594 #390
1989 — 647 647 #351
1988 — 675 675 #320
1987 7 662 669 #318
1986 9 688 697 #299
1985 7 727 734 #283
1984 7 797 804 #263
1983 10 784 794 #263
1982 6 874 880 #252
1981 13 869 882 #252
1980 14 904 918 #248
1979 15 907 922 #242
1978 12 924 936 #228
1977 12 948 960 #229
1976 16 924 940 #221
1975 10 884 894 #233
1974 7 973 980 #219
1973 5 1,008 1,013 #217
1972 16 1,024 1,040 #218
1971 12 1,040 1,052 #227
1970 10 1,222 1,232 #207
1969 8 1,151 1,159 #213
1968 8 1,197 1,205 #197
1967 9 1,198 1,207 #195
1966 13 1,308 1,321 #187
1965 9 1,263 1,272 #199
1964 16 1,482 1,498 #190
1963 15 1,477 1,492 #201
1962 15 1,542 1,557 #196
1961 17 1,558 1,575 #194
1960 19 1,647 1,666 #189
1959 10 1,748 1,758 #176
1958 10 1,932 1,942 #163
1957 17 1,888 1,905 #166
1956 13 2,043 2,056 #153
1955 17 2,141 2,158 #143
1954 12 2,146 2,158 #140
1953 12 2,273 2,285 #137
1952 8 2,377 2,385 #124
1951 14 2,366 2,380 #122
1950 14 2,427 2,441 #119
1949 11 2,425 2,436 #121
1948 13 2,384 2,397 #119
1947 18 2,487 2,505 #117
1946 7 2,339 2,346 #113
1945 11 2,098 2,109 #111
1944 7 2,151 2,158 #108
1943 11 2,451 2,462 #103
1942 11 2,550 2,561 #93
1941 14 2,375 2,389 #93
1940 13 2,318 2,331 #89
1939 13 2,327 2,340 #86
1938 14 2,355 2,369 #85
1937 22 2,325 2,347 #85
1936 9 2,282 2,291 #82
1935 13 2,282 2,295 #86
1934 19 2,306 2,325 #87
1933 16 2,187 2,203 #85
1932 28 2,295 2,323 #83
1931 27 2,245 2,272 #84
1930 23 2,401 2,424 #81
1929 21 2,336 2,357 #81
1928 26 2,460 2,486 #81
1927 37 2,602 2,639 #78
1926 29 2,647 2,676 #73
1925 27 2,636 2,663 #76
1924 37 2,677 2,714 #76
1923 37 2,528 2,565 #77
1922 31 2,521 2,552 #77
1921 27 2,616 2,643 #74
1920 42 2,554 2,596 #75
1919 34 2,250 2,284 #80
1918 30 2,442 2,472 #77
1917 29 2,102 2,131 #82
1916 27 1,954 1,981 #85
1915 31 1,977 2,008 #82
1914 17 1,414 1,431 #85
1913 16 1,160 1,176 #81
1912 10 1,006 1,016 #79
1911 15 540 555 #77
1910 17 435 452 #81
1909 10 377 387 #80
1908 15 327 342 #84
1907 9 324 333 #80
1906 12 263 275 #88
1905 9 274 283 #87
1904 7 241 248 #90
1903 — 287 287 #76
1902 11 248 259 #86
1901 — 208 208 #87
1900 10 310 320 #85
1899 — 188 188 #93
1898 9 251 260 #83
1897 8 229 237 #81
1896 6 235 241 #86
1895 — 219 219 #87
1894 5 236 241 #84
1893 5 211 216 #88
1892 7 187 194 #101
1891 6 150 156 #104
1890 — 197 197 #87
1889 — 184 184 #94
1888 — 196 196 #91
1887 — 147 147 #99
1886 — 142 142 #109
1885 — 146 146 #99
1884 — 150 150 #104
1883 — 140 140 #98
1882 — 131 131 #114
1881 — 121 121 #105
1880 — 118 118 #114