How Many People Are Named Leon?
people named Leon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,717 people in the US has this name
Based on 184,074 babies named Leon in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
2,714 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of LEON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Leon, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Leon alive today is about 44 years old, and 39% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 12 and 70 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Leon first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 2,714 babies. In 2025, 2,583 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Leon never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #73, in 1926, and it was in the top 100 in 56 years between 1883 and 1942. In 2025 it ranked #138.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #138 |
| Best rank | #73 (1926) |
| Years in the top 100 | 56 (1883 to 1942) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #76 in the 1920s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Leon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leon were born in California than in any other state: about 8,822 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leon was given 1.9 times as often in Louisiana, 1.8 times in District of Columbia and 1.8 times in Mississippi.
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