Leo is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #29 for boy births in the United States, given to 8,196 babies. Leo first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2022 (8,325 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,196 | #29 |
| 2024 | 7,841 | #35 |
| 2023 | 8,188 | #27 |
| 2022 | 8,325 | #34 |
| 2021 | 7,835 | #45 |
| 2020 | 7,260 | #55 |
| 2019 | 7,526 | #58 |
| 2018 | 6,792 | #75 |
| 2017 | 5,982 | #93 |
| 2016 | 5,312 | #116 |
| 2015 | 4,614 | #149 |
| 2014 | 3,992 | #173 |
| 2013 | 3,520 | #197 |
| 2012 | 2,887 | #249 |
| 2011 | 2,256 | #306 |
| 2010 | 1,946 | #355 |
| 2009 | 1,808 | #394 |
| 2008 | 1,634 | #443 |
| 2007 | 1,531 | #472 |
| 2006 | 1,501 | #469 |
| 2005 | 1,282 | #512 |
| 2004 | 1,244 | #526 |
| 2003 | 1,103 | #567 |
| 2002 | 815 | #696 |
| 2001 | 736 | #751 |
| 2000 | 658 | #812 |
| 1999 | 524 | #932 |
| 1998 | 527 | #912 |
| 1997 | 458 | #983 |
| 1996 | 447 | #997 |
| 1995 | 451 | #1,003 |
| 1994 | 474 | #974 |
| 1993 | 462 | #974 |
| 1992 | 469 | #974 |
| 1991 | 506 | #920 |
| 1990 | 431 | #1,023 |
| 1989 | 433 | #994 |
| 1988 | 457 | #920 |
| 1987 | 459 | #882 |
| 1986 | 415 | #918 |
| 1985 | 452 | #859 |
| 1984 | 430 | #863 |
| 1983 | 436 | #842 |
| 1982 | 489 | #801 |
| 1981 | 539 | #748 |
| 1980 | 473 | #818 |
| 1979 | 484 | #784 |
| 1978 | 485 | #762 |
| 1977 | 489 | #770 |
| 1976 | 488 | #754 |
| 1975 | 523 | #713 |
| 1974 | 511 | #728 |
| 1973 | 517 | #721 |
| 1972 | 557 | #706 |
| 1971 | 658 | #661 |
| 1970 | 707 | #641 |
| 1969 | 741 | #603 |
| 1968 | 700 | #606 |
| 1967 | 775 | #570 |
| 1966 | 856 | #539 |
| 1965 | 908 | #538 |
| 1964 | 1,037 | #510 |
| 1963 | 1,022 | #523 |
| 1962 | 1,109 | #500 |
| 1961 | 1,178 | #491 |
| 1960 | 1,213 | #480 |
| 1959 | 1,443 | #420 |
| 1958 | 1,437 | #413 |
| 1957 | 1,520 | #404 |
| 1956 | 1,558 | #389 |
| 1955 | 1,585 | #376 |
| 1954 | 1,619 | #366 |
| 1953 | 1,669 | #350 |
| 1952 | 1,564 | #363 |
| 1951 | 1,663 | #340 |
| 1950 | 1,560 | #343 |
| 1949 | 1,656 | #330 |
| 1948 | 1,723 | #321 |
| 1947 | 1,813 | #318 |
| 1946 | 1,660 | #311 |
| 1945 | 1,593 | #290 |
| 1944 | 1,602 | #288 |
| 1943 | 1,705 | #287 |
| 1942 | 1,815 | #269 |
| 1941 | 1,741 | #260 |
| 1940 | 1,767 | #254 |
| 1939 | 1,856 | #244 |
| 1938 | 1,966 | #231 |
| 1937 | 2,028 | #221 |
| 1936 | 2,033 | #213 |
| 1935 | 2,155 | #206 |
| 1934 | 2,328 | #195 |
| 1933 | 2,375 | #176 |
| 1932 | 2,522 | #175 |
| 1931 | 2,739 | #155 |
| 1930 | 3,081 | #148 |
| 1929 | 3,046 | #144 |
| 1928 | 3,139 | #148 |
| 1927 | 3,594 | #130 |
| 1926 | 3,604 | #130 |
| 1925 | 3,828 | #124 |
| 1924 | 4,038 | #119 |
| 1923 | 4,024 | #115 |
| 1922 | 3,951 | #118 |
| 1921 | 4,116 | #118 |
| 1920 | 4,116 | #114 |
| 1919 | 3,855 | #113 |
| 1918 | 4,098 | #111 |
| 1917 | 3,830 | #110 |
| 1916 | 3,680 | #113 |
| 1915 | 3,575 | #112 |
| 1914 | 2,690 | #114 |
| 1913 | 2,057 | #117 |
| 1912 | 1,671 | #123 |
| 1911 | 862 | #156 |
| 1910 | 732 | #166 |
| 1909 | 628 | #165 |
| 1908 | 606 | #163 |
| 1907 | 667 | #147 |
| 1906 | 519 | #171 |
| 1905 | 526 | #169 |
| 1904 | 571 | #149 |
| 1903 | 647 | #128 |
| 1902 | 565 | #148 |
| 1901 | 468 | #155 |
| 1900 | 587 | #159 |
| 1899 | 492 | #146 |
| 1898 | 608 | #137 |
| 1897 | 474 | #155 |
| 1896 | 519 | #141 |
| 1895 | 516 | #145 |
| 1894 | 525 | #137 |
| 1893 | 467 | #147 |
| 1892 | 458 | #151 |
| 1891 | 361 | #162 |
| 1890 | 405 | #150 |
| 1889 | 333 | #173 |
| 1888 | 363 | #166 |
| 1887 | 238 | #196 |
| 1886 | 248 | #188 |
| 1885 | 210 | #201 |
| 1884 | 198 | #210 |
| 1883 | 142 | #230 |
| 1882 | 146 | #223 |
| 1881 | 128 | #224 |
| 1880 | 153 | #204 |