Leto
Boy · LEE-toh · Greek
Leto is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Leto mean?
Greek
Leto is the mother of Apollo and Artemis in Greek myth; for boys it recalls Duke Leto Atreides in Frank Herbert's Dune.
- Say it
- LEE-toh
Is Leto a girl's or a boy's name?
Leto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leto in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Leto, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Leto in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
How popular is Leto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 229% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Leto, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Leto in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Leto
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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