Leona Girl
How popular is Leona?
#429 girl name in 2025
723 baby girls were named Leona in the US in 2025, making it the 429th most popular girl name.
Leona popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #429 for girls (▲ 58 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 723 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #680 in 2015, #483 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (3,335 girls) |
| Highest rank | #69 in 1904 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leona counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leona family of names ranked #411 for girls in 2025 (#450 the year before), with 751 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leona | 723 | 96% |
| Leonna | 28 | 4% |
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 Leona is most popular
Babies named Leona per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 1.0 per 1,000 (110 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.9 per 1,000 (97 girls)
- Washington: 0.9 per 1,000 (127 girls)
- Oregon: 0.8 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Iowa: 0.8 per 1,000 (46 girls)
Leona by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,151 | #109 |
| 1890s | 5,083 | #84 |
| 1900s | 9,848 | #69 |
| 1910s | 23,825 | #74 |
| 1920s | 26,031 | #89 |
| 1930s | 14,173 | #130 |
| 1940s | 9,028 | #183 |
| 1950s | 5,641 | #298 |
| 1960s | 3,695 | #449 |
| 1970s | 2,024 | #609 |
| 1980s | 1,355 | #902 |
| 1990s | 935 | #1,403 |
| 2000s | 1,487 | #969 |
| 2010s | 4,297 | #508 |
| 2020s | 3,757 | #429 |
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Questions
- Is Leona a boy or girl name?
- Leona is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leona were girls.
- How popular is the name Leona?
- 723 baby girls were named Leona in the US in 2025, making it the 429th most popular girl name.
- When was Leona most popular?
- Leona peaked in 1918, when 3,335 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #69, held for 2 years starting in 1904.
- How many people are named Leona?
- 113,624 babies have been named Leona in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,906 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Leona most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leona was most common in Minnesota, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls 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.