Leopold
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEE-oh-pold
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,992 for boys
Leopold is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bold people”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 1,992nd for boys in the US (76 babies).
What does Leopold mean?
Germanic: from Germanic liut and bald, influenced by Latin leo
“bold people”
Borne by Habsburg emperors and Belgian kings; Leopold Bloom is the hero of James Joyce's Ulysses.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Leopold a girl's or a boy's name?
Leopold is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 76 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leopold in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Leopold, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 31 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Leopold than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Leopold in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Leopold in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,017 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,025 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Leopold in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,992nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 76 about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 76 boys in the US were named Leopold, making it the 1,992nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,437th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 120 boys.
Half of all the boys named Leopold in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leopold in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #1,992 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 87 | #1,832 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,665 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 2020 | 120 | #1,437 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,606 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,506 |
| 2017 | 106 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 92 | #1,691 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,043 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,184 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 52 | #2,431 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,656 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,655 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,116 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,157 |
| 1931 | 44 | #997 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,154 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,128 |
| 1926 | 55 | #902 |
| 1925 | 47 | #998 |
| 1924 | 66 | #838 |
| 1923 | 73 | #769 |
| 1922 | 68 | #818 |
| 1921 | 68 | #834 |
| 1920 | 67 | #816 |
| 1919 | 48 | #973 |
| 1918 | 50 | #943 |
| 1917 | 67 | #765 |
| 1916 | 79 | #662 |
| 1915 | 57 | #804 |
| 1914 | 57 | #673 |
| 1913 | 40 | #734 |
| 1912 | 37 | #700 |
| 1911 | 19 | #732 |
| 1910 | 14 | #822 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
Nicknames for Leopold
- Leo 3,629 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Leopold
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Louie, Leo, Henry, Otto, Milo, Archie, Theodore, Charlie, Oliver, Otis, Theo, Archibald
Names related to Leopold
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Leopold: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leopold, updated 20 October 2026.