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.

Leona

#342 most common girls' name of all time · #632 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#342
Rank overall
#632 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
113,624
Since 2016
6,056
Peak year
1918 #79
Best rank
#69 1904
Girls Boys peak 3,346/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Leona 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 723 — 723 #429
2024 629 — 629 #487
2023 586 — 586 #520
2022 585 — 585 #531
2021 600 — 600 #515
2020 634 — 634 #483
2019 616 — 616 #510
2018 611 — 611 #508
2017 565 — 565 #547
2016 507 — 507 #595
2015 419 — 419 #680
2014 379 — 379 #739
2013 374 — 374 #730
2012 287 — 287 #910
2011 283 — 283 #918
2010 256 — 256 #988
2009 274 — 274 #969
2008 237 — 237 #1,097
2007 152 — 152 #1,517
2006 144 — 144 #1,522
2005 139 — 139 #1,500
2004 134 — 134 #1,498
2003 104 — 104 #1,802
2002 105 — 105 #1,732
2001 90 — 90 #1,922
2000 108 — 108 #1,632
1999 90 — 90 #1,771
1998 82 — 82 #1,868
1997 101 — 101 #1,585
1996 91 — 91 #1,669
1995 90 — 90 #1,640
1994 74 — 74 #1,905
1993 89 — 89 #1,680
1992 100 — 100 #1,548
1991 114 — 114 #1,407
1990 104 — 104 #1,493
1989 142 — 142 #1,157
1988 110 — 110 #1,314
1987 125 — 125 #1,172
1986 129 — 129 #1,122
1985 135 — 135 #1,078
1984 123 — 123 #1,120
1983 128 — 128 #1,080
1982 144 — 144 #1,019
1981 152 — 152 #964
1980 167 — 167 #902
1979 182 — 182 #854
1978 184 — 184 #811
1977 170 — 170 #862
1976 158 — 158 #861
1975 191 — 191 #748
1974 189 — 189 #749
1973 220 — 220 #679
1972 227 — 227 #661
1971 218 — 218 #699
1970 285 — 285 #609
1969 277 — 277 #596
1968 275 — 275 #579
1967 303 — 303 #540
1966 317 — 317 #530
1965 348 — 348 #508
1964 405 — 405 #480
1963 462 — 462 #449
1962 419 — 419 #472
1961 428 — 428 #471
1960 461 — 461 #455
1959 482 — 482 #439
1958 530 — 530 #401
1957 497 — 497 #418
1956 521 — 521 #394
1955 508 — 508 #388
1954 568 — 568 #364
1953 583 — 583 #344
1952 602 — 602 #337
1951 669 — 669 #302
1950 681 — 681 #298
1949 738 — 738 #283
1948 776 — 776 #276
1947 814 — 814 #268
1946 819 — 819 #245
1945 843 — 843 #227
1944 896 — 896 #221
1943 1,061 — 1,061 #199
1942 1,055 12 1,067 #194
1941 998 — 998 #189
1940 1,028 7 1,035 #183
1939 1,075 — 1,075 #177
1938 1,164 7 1,171 #173
1937 1,173 9 1,182 #173
1936 1,235 9 1,244 #161
1935 1,308 8 1,316 #155
1934 1,472 10 1,482 #139
1933 1,461 — 1,461 #139
1932 1,670 9 1,679 #134
1931 1,743 10 1,753 #133
1930 1,872 8 1,880 #130
1929 2,020 9 2,029 #122
1928 2,085 12 2,097 #122
1927 2,243 13 2,256 #121
1926 2,429 8 2,437 #112
1925 2,515 11 2,526 #108
1924 2,794 7 2,801 #103
1923 2,744 8 2,752 #100
1922 2,825 10 2,835 #101
1921 3,210 8 3,218 #92
1920 3,166 16 3,182 #89
1919 3,033 7 3,040 #90
1918 3,335 11 3,346 #79
1917 3,115 6 3,121 #80
1916 3,086 17 3,103 #75
1915 2,972 — 2,972 #74
1914 2,174 — 2,174 #79
1913 1,911 10 1,921 #74
1912 1,650 8 1,658 #76
1911 1,329 — 1,329 #76
1910 1,220 13 1,233 #79
1909 1,167 — 1,167 #72
1908 1,118 8 1,126 #74
1907 1,106 — 1,106 #72
1906 1,017 6 1,023 #72
1905 1,082 — 1,082 #69
1904 998 5 1,003 #69
1903 881 5 886 #76
1902 875 — 875 #76
1901 779 7 786 #78
1900 825 — 825 #85
1899 665 — 665 #84
1898 665 — 665 #90
1897 619 — 619 #89
1896 556 — 556 #94
1895 520 — 520 #102
1894 471 — 471 #104
1893 463 — 463 #102
1892 440 — 440 #104
1891 352 — 352 #113
1890 332 — 332 #120
1889 348 — 348 #109
1888 311 — 311 #118
1887 208 — 208 #130
1886 227 — 227 #125
1885 231 — 231 #115
1884 210 — 210 #121
1883 178 — 178 #119
1882 163 — 163 #124
1881 138 — 138 #121
1880 137 — 137 #119