Leonides
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- leh-oh-NEE-des
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Leonides is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “son of the lion”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Leonides mean?
Greek: Spanish-style variant of Leonidas
“son of the lion”
King Leonidas of Sparta died leading the defence of Thermopylae against the Persians in 480 BC.
Is Leonides a girl's or a boy's name?
Leonides 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 Leonides in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Leonides, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Leonides in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leonides in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
Nicknames for Leonides
- Leo 3,629 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Leonides
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucas, Luca, Alessandro, Andres, Luke, Ares, Alexander, Ulises, Adonis, Sebastian, Miles, Santiago
Names related to Leonides
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey, Elena, Atlas
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Leonides: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leonides, updated 20 October 2026.