Leonard
Boy · LEN-ard · Germanic
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Leonard is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave as a lion”. In 2025 it ranked 263rd for boys in the UK (197 babies) and 637th for boys in the US (438 babies).
What does Leonard mean?
Germanic: from Germanic leon and hard
“brave as a lion”
Saint Leonard, a 6th-century Frankish hermit, is the patron saint of prisoners.
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Is Leonard a girl's or a boy's name?
Leonard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 197 boys in the UK and 438 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leonard in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #263among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 197about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 197 boys in the UK were named Leonard, making it the 263rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 248th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 247 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Leonard than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Leonard in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 211 boys in the UK were given Leonard or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #259, up from #263 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 249th in England and Wales, 495th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#22), 1914 (#20), 1924 (#25), 1934 (#37), 1944 (#59) and 1954 (#76).
Leonard in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | #263 |
| 2024 | 210 | #253 |
| 2023 | 216 | #248 |
| 2022 | 209 | #251 |
| 2021 | 242 | #236 |
| 2020 | 220 | #248 |
| 2019 | 247 | #238 |
| 2018 | 220 | #260 |
| 2017 | 224 | #266 |
| 2016 | 227 | #264 |
| 2015 | 211 | #273 |
| 2014 | 189 | #283 |
| 2013 | 137 | #346 |
| 2012 | 129 | #378 |
| 2011 | 121 | #382 |
| 2010 | 94 | #446 |
| 2009 | 109 | #398 |
| 2008 | 95 | #436 |
| 2007 | 82 | #460 |
| 2006 | 81 | #444 |
| 2005 | 57 | #531 |
| 2004 | 58 | #497 |
| 2003 | 56 | #484 |
| 2002 | 54 | #460 |
| 2001 | 39 | #558 |
| 2000 | 35 | #600 |
| 1999 | 42 | #531 |
| 1998 | 35 | #587 |
| 1997 | 34 | #571 |
| 1996 | 39 | #502 |
How popular is Leonard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #637among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 438about 1 in 3,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 438 boys in the US were named Leonard, making it the 637th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 635th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 5,650 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Leonard than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Leonard in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 boys in the US were given Leonard or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #605, up from #637 for this spelling alone.
- Leonard 438
- Lenard 5
Leonard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 438 | #637 |
| 2024 | 409 | #670 |
| 2023 | 384 | #692 |
| 2022 | 373 | #707 |
| 2021 | 421 | #650 |
| 2020 | 421 | #635 |
| 2019 | 443 | #614 |
| 2018 | 417 | #635 |
| 2017 | 437 | #605 |
| 2016 | 450 | #598 |
| 2015 | 400 | #650 |
| 2014 | 385 | #666 |
| 2013 | 349 | #685 |
| 2012 | 338 | #703 |
| 2011 | 326 | #703 |
| 2010 | 388 | #626 |
| 2009 | 323 | #727 |
| 2008 | 400 | #619 |
| 2007 | 356 | #672 |
| 2006 | 384 | #618 |
| 2005 | 385 | #587 |
| 2004 | 385 | #579 |
| 2003 | 402 | #559 |
| 2002 | 396 | #562 |
| 2001 | 436 | #517 |
| 2000 | 451 | #508 |
| 1999 | 479 | #473 |
| 1998 | 471 | #471 |
| 1997 | 455 | #474 |
| 1996 | 547 | #415 |
| 1995 | 528 | #432 |
| 1994 | 644 | #369 |
| 1993 | 672 | #350 |
| 1992 | 775 | #327 |
| 1991 | 833 | #311 |
| 1990 | 863 | #292 |
| 1989 | 914 | #270 |
| 1988 | 908 | #258 |
| 1987 | 968 | #242 |
| 1986 | 901 | #249 |
| 1985 | 955 | #243 |
| 1984 | 1,054 | #217 |
| 1983 | 1,100 | #210 |
| 1982 | 1,199 | #205 |
| 1981 | 1,191 | #208 |
| 1980 | 1,277 | #193 |
| 1979 | 1,264 | #189 |
| 1978 | 1,313 | #178 |
| 1977 | 1,301 | #178 |
| 1976 | 1,311 | #177 |
| 1975 | 1,431 | #166 |
| 1974 | 1,468 | #164 |
| 1973 | 1,666 | #150 |
| 1972 | 1,718 | #151 |
| 1971 | 2,035 | #146 |
| 1970 | 2,298 | #144 |
| 1969 | 2,263 | #133 |
| 1968 | 2,257 | #128 |
| 1967 | 2,414 | #125 |
| 1966 | 2,457 | #125 |
| 1965 | 2,712 | #121 |
| 1964 | 3,069 | #115 |
| 1963 | 3,046 | #118 |
| 1962 | 3,155 | #117 |
| 1961 | 3,429 | #114 |
| 1960 | 3,639 | #113 |
| 1959 | 3,727 | #109 |
| 1958 | 4,021 | #102 |
| 1957 | 4,340 | #94 |
| 1956 | 4,371 | #89 |
| 1955 | 4,260 | #88 |
| 1954 | 4,482 | #85 |
| 1953 | 4,412 | #85 |
| 1952 | 4,619 | #83 |
| 1951 | 4,738 | #80 |
| 1950 | 4,581 | #77 |
| 1949 | 4,551 | #74 |
| 1948 | 4,781 | #71 |
| 1947 | 5,155 | #71 |
| 1946 | 4,704 | #67 |
| 1945 | 4,125 | #57 |
| 1944 | 4,183 | #56 |
| 1943 | 4,617 | #55 |
| 1942 | 4,370 | #57 |
| 1941 | 3,986 | #54 |
| 1940 | 3,817 | #54 |
| 1939 | 3,711 | #54 |
| 1938 | 3,670 | #57 |
| 1937 | 3,480 | #58 |
| 1936 | 3,716 | #54 |
| 1935 | 3,804 | #54 |
| 1934 | 3,836 | #53 |
| 1933 | 3,955 | #47 |
| 1932 | 4,101 | #48 |
| 1931 | 4,279 | #48 |
| 1930 | 4,662 | #45 |
| 1929 | 4,829 | #42 |
| 1928 | 5,131 | #42 |
| 1927 | 5,311 | #40 |
| 1926 | 5,402 | #38 |
| 1925 | 5,465 | #38 |
| 1924 | 5,601 | #38 |
| 1923 | 5,486 | #37 |
| 1922 | 5,407 | #38 |
| 1921 | 5,650 | #39 |
| 1920 | 5,511 | #38 |
| 1919 | 5,010 | #39 |
| 1918 | 4,980 | #41 |
| 1917 | 4,694 | #41 |
| 1916 | 4,328 | #42 |
| 1915 | 3,993 | #44 |
| 1914 | 2,923 | #45 |
| 1913 | 2,276 | #46 |
| 1912 | 1,928 | #45 |
| 1911 | 953 | #46 |
| 1910 | 793 | #46 |
| 1909 | 665 | #46 |
| 1908 | 614 | #48 |
| 1907 | 547 | #51 |
| 1906 | 492 | #50 |
| 1905 | 495 | #47 |
| 1904 | 508 | #46 |
| 1903 | 448 | #49 |
| 1902 | 426 | #52 |
| 1901 | 362 | #54 |
| 1900 | 465 | #54 |
| 1899 | 321 | #60 |
| 1898 | 421 | #53 |
| 1897 | 310 | #61 |
| 1896 | 350 | #60 |
| 1895 | 342 | #61 |
| 1894 | 343 | #60 |
| 1893 | 275 | #69 |
| 1892 | 294 | #71 |
| 1891 | 235 | #72 |
| 1890 | 275 | #67 |
| 1889 | 229 | #77 |
| 1888 | 225 | #83 |
| 1887 | 207 | #78 |
| 1886 | 236 | #74 |
| 1885 | 204 | #79 |
| 1884 | 206 | #82 |
| 1883 | 200 | #79 |
| 1882 | 231 | #76 |
| 1881 | 206 | #72 |
| 1880 | 200 | #78 |
Nicknames for Leonard
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