Leopoldo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lay-oh-POHL-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Leopoldo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bold people”. In 2025 it ranked 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Leopoldo mean?
Germanic: Spanish and Italian form of Leopold
“bold people”
Spanish and Italian form of Leopold, a name borne by Holy Roman Emperors and kings of the Belgians.
Is Leopoldo a girl's or a boy's name?
Leopoldo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leopoldo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,088among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Leopoldo, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 92 boys. It first appears in the records in 1896.
2025 had more boys named Leopoldo than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Leopoldo in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leopoldo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 73 | #1,728 |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,627 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,441 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,477 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,649 |
| 1999 | 68 | #1,590 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,415 |
| 1997 | 68 | #1,516 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,301 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,281 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,196 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,223 |
| 1992 | 83 | #1,233 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1990 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,303 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,236 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,152 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,093 |
| 1985 | 74 | #1,077 |
| 1984 | 80 | #992 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,035 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,096 |
| 1981 | 84 | #986 |
| 1980 | 92 | #927 |
| 1979 | 85 | #960 |
| 1978 | 75 | #996 |
| 1977 | 76 | #981 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,056 |
| 1975 | 72 | #965 |
| 1974 | 81 | #898 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,037 |
| 1972 | 67 | #988 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,081 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,070 |
| 1969 | 61 | #982 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,006 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,095 |
| 1963 | 34 | #1,337 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,241 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,120 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,057 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,221 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,277 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,091 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,028 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,244 |
| 1952 | 52 | #993 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,051 |
| 1949 | 48 | #1,007 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1947 | 61 | #888 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1945 | 52 | #864 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,007 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,103 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,171 |
| 1937 | 42 | #967 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,028 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,038 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,103 |
| 1932 | 51 | #902 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,065 |
| 1930 | 57 | #873 |
| 1929 | 68 | #781 |
| 1928 | 50 | #963 |
| 1927 | 59 | #884 |
| 1926 | 58 | #875 |
| 1925 | 51 | #945 |
| 1924 | 59 | #907 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,194 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,503 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,252 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,208 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,207 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,265 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,223 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
Nicknames for Leopoldo
Names like Leopoldo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leonardo Roberto Armando Ricardo Alberto Fernando Alejandro Alfonso Carlo Angelo Luis Guillermo
Names related to Leopoldo
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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, “Leopoldo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leopoldo, updated 20 October 2026.