Leonardo
Boy · lee-oh-NAR-doh · Germanic
Leonardo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave as a lion”. In 2025 it ranked 139th for boys in the UK (407 babies) and 91st for boys in the US (3,789 babies).
What does Leonardo mean?
Germanic: Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Leonard
“brave as a lion”
The Italian form of Leonard, borne by the Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci.
- Say it
- lee-oh-NAR-doh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Leonardo a girl's or a boy's name?
Leonardo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 407 boys in the UK and 3,789 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leonardo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #139among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 407about 1 in 740 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 407 boys in the UK were named Leonardo, making it the 139th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 144th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 521 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Leonardo than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Leonardo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 126th in England and Wales, 278th in Scotland and 314th in Northern Ireland.
Leonardo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 407 | #139 |
| 2024 | 463 | #132 |
| 2023 | 454 | #135 |
| 2022 | 463 | #136 |
| 2021 | 521 | #129 |
| 2020 | 442 | #144 |
| 2019 | 517 | #126 |
| 2018 | 520 | #126 |
| 2017 | 459 | #145 |
| 2016 | 468 | #142 |
| 2015 | 378 | #175 |
| 2014 | 329 | #198 |
| 2013 | 300 | #209 |
| 2012 | 243 | #233 |
| 2011 | 234 | #238 |
| 2010 | 191 | #276 |
| 2009 | 164 | #298 |
| 2008 | 151 | #305 |
| 2007 | 155 | #284 |
| 2006 | 134 | #295 |
| 2005 | 105 | #335 |
| 2004 | 89 | #366 |
| 2003 | 55 | #489 |
| 2002 | 50 | #491 |
| 2001 | 47 | #487 |
| 2000 | 38 | #570 |
| 1999 | 49 | #486 |
| 1998 | 62 | #404 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Leonardo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #91among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3,789about 1 in 450 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3,789 boys in the US were named Leonardo, making it the 91st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 86th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4,427 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Leonardo than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Leonardo in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leonardo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,789 | #91 |
| 2024 | 3,966 | #84 |
| 2023 | 4,030 | #84 |
| 2022 | 4,367 | #75 |
| 2021 | 4,105 | #87 |
| 2020 | 4,104 | #86 |
| 2019 | 4,427 | #86 |
| 2018 | 4,223 | #93 |
| 2017 | 4,131 | #97 |
| 2016 | 4,325 | #96 |
| 2015 | 3,823 | #103 |
| 2014 | 3,450 | #114 |
| 2013 | 2,909 | #131 |
| 2012 | 2,684 | #152 |
| 2011 | 2,641 | #149 |
| 2010 | 2,617 | #150 |
| 2009 | 2,368 | #164 |
| 2008 | 2,346 | #168 |
| 2007 | 2,527 | #164 |
| 2006 | 2,187 | #183 |
| 2005 | 2,146 | #186 |
| 2004 | 1,964 | #195 |
| 2003 | 1,708 | #211 |
| 2002 | 1,460 | #230 |
| 2001 | 1,453 | #234 |
| 2000 | 1,331 | #253 |
| 1999 | 1,231 | #254 |
| 1998 | 1,160 | #257 |
| 1997 | 707 | #357 |
| 1996 | 585 | #401 |
| 1995 | 570 | #401 |
| 1994 | 621 | #378 |
| 1993 | 643 | #368 |
| 1992 | 601 | #381 |
| 1991 | 612 | #374 |
| 1990 | 555 | #414 |
| 1989 | 398 | #477 |
| 1988 | 356 | #486 |
| 1987 | 320 | #498 |
| 1986 | 310 | #496 |
| 1985 | 301 | #502 |
| 1984 | 295 | #489 |
| 1983 | 266 | #514 |
| 1982 | 314 | #480 |
| 1981 | 290 | #491 |
| 1980 | 344 | #449 |
| 1979 | 277 | #500 |
| 1978 | 243 | #529 |
| 1977 | 256 | #512 |
| 1976 | 255 | #502 |
| 1975 | 277 | #480 |
| 1974 | 268 | #488 |
| 1973 | 223 | #525 |
| 1972 | 249 | #500 |
| 1971 | 221 | #539 |
| 1970 | 198 | #573 |
| 1969 | 157 | #630 |
| 1968 | 144 | #631 |
| 1967 | 152 | #608 |
| 1966 | 162 | #590 |
| 1965 | 124 | #665 |
| 1964 | 129 | #679 |
| 1963 | 137 | #667 |
| 1962 | 141 | #651 |
| 1961 | 149 | #639 |
| 1960 | 105 | #751 |
| 1959 | 122 | #690 |
| 1958 | 106 | #720 |
| 1957 | 90 | #788 |
| 1956 | 85 | #808 |
| 1955 | 86 | #785 |
| 1954 | 96 | #734 |
| 1953 | 82 | #785 |
| 1952 | 82 | #774 |
| 1951 | 64 | #873 |
| 1950 | 66 | #835 |
| 1949 | 64 | #855 |
| 1948 | 55 | #932 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 67 | #809 |
| 1945 | 61 | #791 |
| 1944 | 57 | #832 |
| 1943 | 48 | #969 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,054 |
| 1941 | 42 | #987 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,031 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,068 |
| 1935 | 59 | #803 |
| 1934 | 50 | #888 |
| 1933 | 44 | #946 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,050 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,069 |
| 1929 | 59 | #859 |
| 1928 | 50 | #963 |
| 1927 | 62 | #858 |
| 1926 | 60 | #855 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,108 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,020 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1920 | 52 | #960 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,079 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,033 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,003 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 12 | #927 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Nicknames for Leonardo
- Leo 3,629 boys in the UK in 2025
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