How Many People Are Named Leopold?
people named Leopold are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 144,273 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,043 babies named Leopold in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
120 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of LEOPOLD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Leopold in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leopold alive today is about 23 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leopold first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2020, to 120 babies. In 2025, 76 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leopold has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #591, in 1895. In 2025 it ranked #2,001.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,001 |
| Best rank | #591 (1895) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,846 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leopold alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leopold were born in New York than in any other state: about 212 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leopold was given 4.3 times as often in New York, 3.3 times in Massachusetts and 2.6 times in Wisconsin.
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