Leonel Boy
How popular is Leonel?
#350 boy name in 2025
942 baby boys were named Leonel in the US in 2025, making it the 350th most popular boy name.
Leonel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #350 for boys (▼ 33 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 942 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #389 in 2015, #345 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (1,084 boys) |
| Highest rank | #308 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1910 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leonel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leonel family of names ranked #347 for boys in 2025 (#314 the year before), with 952 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leonel | 942 | 99% |
| Leonell | 10 | 1% |
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 Leonel is most popular
Babies named Leonel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 1.7 per 1,000 (284 boys)
- Texas: 1.5 per 1,000 (1,324 boys)
- California: 1.4 per 1,000 (1,258 boys)
- Nevada: 1.4 per 1,000 (78 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (38 boys)
Leonel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 131 | #1,409 |
| 1920s | 266 | #1,196 |
| 1930s | 324 | #916 |
| 1940s | 390 | #898 |
| 1950s | 476 | #968 |
| 1960s | 633 | #862 |
| 1970s | 1,083 | #733 |
| 1980s | 1,886 | #619 |
| 1990s | 3,191 | #544 |
| 2000s | 5,139 | #422 |
| 2010s | 7,618 | #346 |
| 2020s | 5,930 | #308 |
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Questions
- Is Leonel a boy or girl name?
- Leonel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Leonel were boys.
- How popular is the name Leonel?
- 942 baby boys were named Leonel in the US in 2025, making it the 350th most popular boy name.
- When was Leonel most popular?
- Leonel peaked in 2024, when 1,084 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #308 in 2023.
- How many people are named Leonel?
- 27,072 babies have been named Leonel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 25,520 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Leonel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leonel was most common in Arizona, at 1.7 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.