Leoncio
Boy · leh-OHN-syoh · Greek
Leoncio is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lion-like”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Leoncio mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Latin Leontius, from Greek leon 'lion'
“lion-like”
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Leontius, borne by several early Christian saints.
- Say it
- leh-OHN-syoh
Is Leoncio a girl's or a boy's name?
Leoncio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leoncio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Leoncio, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1951.
2025 had more boys named Leoncio than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Leoncio in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leoncio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
Nicknames for Leoncio
- Leo 3,629 boys in the UK in 2025
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