Leon Boy
How popular is Leon?
#138 boy name in 2025
2,583 baby boys were named Leon in the US in 2025, making it the 138th most popular boy name.
Leon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #138 for boys (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,583 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+127% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #314 in 2015, #196 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1924 (2,677 boys) |
| Highest rank | #73 in 1926 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leon family of names ranked #149 for boys in 2025 (#150 the year before), with 2,613 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leon | 2,583 | 99% |
| Leone | 25 | 1% |
| Leonn | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Leon is most popular
Babies named Leon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 3.4 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Hawaii: 3.4 per 1,000 (53 boys)
- Oregon: 2.6 per 1,000 (199 boys)
- Washington: 2.6 per 1,000 (422 boys)
- Minnesota: 2.5 per 1,000 (303 boys)
Leon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,475 | #90 |
| 1890s | 2,103 | #81 |
| 1900s | 2,859 | #76 |
| 1910s | 15,280 | #77 |
| 1920s | 25,577 | #73 |
| 1930s | 23,005 | #81 |
| 1940s | 23,578 | #89 |
| 1950s | 21,341 | #119 |
| 1960s | 13,823 | #187 |
| 1970s | 9,854 | #207 |
| 1980s | 7,627 | #248 |
| 1990s | 5,176 | #388 |
| 2000s | 5,062 | #445 |
| 2010s | 11,768 | #208 |
| 2020s | 14,110 | #138 |
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Questions
- Is Leon a boy or girl name?
- Leon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leon were boys.
- How popular is the name Leon?
- 2,583 baby boys were named Leon in the US in 2025, making it the 138th most popular boy name.
- When was Leon most popular?
- Leon peaked in 1924, when 2,677 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #73 in 1926.
- How many people are named Leon?
- 184,074 babies have been named Leon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 93,909 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Leon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leon was most common in Alaska, at 3.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.