Leonidas

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Leonidas is ranked 508th among boys in 2024 (597 births). Its best rank was 421st, in 2022.

Rank in 2024: #508down 33 from 2023
Births in 2024: 5970.03% of boys
Peak year: 2022758 births
Best rank: #421in 2022
Since 1880: 9,686people given the name

Babies named Leonidas, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

9,686 boys have been named Leonidas in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 758 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 46%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Leonidas
1880s	22
1890s	26
1900s	5
1910s	128
1920s	180
1930s	108
1940s	71
1950s	83
1960s	112
1970s	134
1980s	142
1990s	135
2000s	733
2010s	4,478
2020s	3,329

In 2022, its biggest year

Leonidas was the 421st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Leonidas

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.