How Many People Are Named Leonardo?
people named Leonardo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,680 people in the US has this name
Based on 96,207 babies named Leonardo in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,433 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEONARD. A notable bearer was Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), an Italian artist and scientist of the Renaissance. He is also known as the inventor of several contraptions, including flying machines, as well as the painter of the 'Mona Lisa'. Another famous bearer was Leonardo Fibonacci, a 13th-century Italian mathematician. A more recent bearer is American actor Leonardo DiCaprio (1974-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Leonardo (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leonardo alive today is about 15 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leonardo first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 2019, to 4,433 babies. In 2025, 3,789 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leonardo never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #75, in 2022, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 2016 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #91.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #91 |
| Best rank | #75 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (2016 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #113 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leonardo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leonardo were born in California than in any other state: about 24,213 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leonardo was given 2 times as often in California, 2 times in Texas and 1.9 times in Nevada.
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