Leon is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #252 for boy births in the United States, given to 2,583 babies. Leon first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1924 (2,714 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,583 | #252 |
| 2024 | 2,572 | #257 |
| 2023 | 2,459 | #268 |
| 2022 | 2,381 | #289 |
| 2021 | 2,198 | #314 |
| 2020 | 1,930 | #349 |
| 2019 | 1,866 | #374 |
| 2018 | 1,605 | #433 |
| 2017 | 1,518 | #459 |
| 2016 | 1,313 | #524 |
| 2015 | 1,140 | #594 |
| 2014 | 1,081 | #627 |
| 2013 | 1,021 | #646 |
| 2012 | 859 | #725 |
| 2011 | 696 | #848 |
| 2010 | 669 | #881 |
| 2009 | 628 | #938 |
| 2008 | 549 | #1,059 |
| 2007 | 543 | #1,045 |
| 2006 | 517 | #1,063 |
| 2005 | 470 | #1,125 |
| 2004 | 462 | #1,115 |
| 2003 | 495 | #1,050 |
| 2002 | 472 | #1,043 |
| 2001 | 469 | #1,047 |
| 2000 | 457 | #1,066 |
| 1999 | 463 | #1,018 |
| 1998 | 460 | #1,011 |
| 1997 | 436 | #1,021 |
| 1996 | 473 | #957 |
| 1995 | 503 | #927 |
| 1994 | 544 | #881 |
| 1993 | 531 | #897 |
| 1992 | 596 | #816 |
| 1991 | 586 | #822 |
| 1990 | 594 | #821 |
| 1989 | 647 | #741 |
| 1988 | 675 | #686 |
| 1987 | 669 | #671 |
| 1986 | 697 | #642 |
| 1985 | 734 | #613 |
| 1984 | 804 | #563 |
| 1983 | 794 | #564 |
| 1982 | 880 | #531 |
| 1981 | 882 | #533 |
| 1980 | 918 | #517 |
| 1979 | 922 | #509 |
| 1978 | 936 | #488 |
| 1977 | 960 | #486 |
| 1976 | 940 | #477 |
| 1975 | 894 | #504 |
| 1974 | 980 | #476 |
| 1973 | 1,013 | #470 |
| 1972 | 1,040 | #474 |
| 1971 | 1,052 | #500 |
| 1970 | 1,232 | #458 |
| 1969 | 1,159 | #461 |
| 1968 | 1,205 | #427 |
| 1967 | 1,207 | #432 |
| 1966 | 1,321 | #413 |
| 1965 | 1,272 | #439 |
| 1964 | 1,498 | #414 |
| 1963 | 1,492 | #421 |
| 1962 | 1,557 | #407 |
| 1961 | 1,575 | #404 |
| 1960 | 1,666 | #391 |
| 1959 | 1,758 | #377 |
| 1958 | 1,942 | #350 |
| 1957 | 1,905 | #352 |
| 1956 | 2,056 | #330 |
| 1955 | 2,158 | #308 |
| 1954 | 2,158 | #305 |
| 1953 | 2,285 | #292 |
| 1952 | 2,385 | #271 |
| 1951 | 2,380 | #262 |
| 1950 | 2,441 | #251 |
| 1949 | 2,436 | #254 |
| 1948 | 2,397 | #251 |
| 1947 | 2,505 | #250 |
| 1946 | 2,346 | #240 |
| 1945 | 2,109 | #235 |
| 1944 | 2,158 | #237 |
| 1943 | 2,462 | #220 |
| 1942 | 2,561 | #207 |
| 1941 | 2,389 | #206 |
| 1940 | 2,331 | #203 |
| 1939 | 2,340 | #198 |
| 1938 | 2,369 | #202 |
| 1937 | 2,347 | #198 |
| 1936 | 2,291 | #192 |
| 1935 | 2,295 | #195 |
| 1934 | 2,325 | #196 |
| 1933 | 2,203 | #193 |
| 1932 | 2,323 | #192 |
| 1931 | 2,272 | #191 |
| 1930 | 2,424 | #191 |
| 1929 | 2,357 | #192 |
| 1928 | 2,486 | #190 |
| 1927 | 2,639 | #188 |
| 1926 | 2,676 | #179 |
| 1925 | 2,663 | #184 |
| 1924 | 2,714 | #184 |
| 1923 | 2,565 | #186 |
| 1922 | 2,552 | #184 |
| 1921 | 2,643 | #181 |
| 1920 | 2,596 | #179 |
| 1919 | 2,284 | #187 |
| 1918 | 2,472 | #181 |
| 1917 | 2,131 | #191 |
| 1916 | 1,981 | #195 |
| 1915 | 2,008 | #183 |
| 1914 | 1,431 | #196 |
| 1913 | 1,176 | #191 |
| 1912 | 1,016 | #195 |
| 1911 | 555 | #225 |
| 1910 | 452 | #240 |
| 1909 | 387 | #243 |
| 1908 | 342 | #253 |
| 1907 | 333 | #250 |
| 1906 | 275 | #270 |
| 1905 | 283 | #266 |
| 1904 | 248 | #279 |
| 1903 | 287 | #246 |
| 1902 | 259 | #263 |
| 1901 | 208 | #284 |
| 1900 | 320 | #253 |
| 1899 | 188 | #296 |
| 1898 | 260 | #260 |
| 1897 | 237 | #260 |
| 1896 | 241 | #263 |
| 1895 | 219 | #271 |
| 1894 | 241 | #254 |
| 1893 | 216 | #257 |
| 1892 | 194 | #280 |
| 1891 | 156 | #289 |
| 1890 | 197 | #258 |
| 1889 | 184 | #257 |
| 1888 | 196 | #251 |
| 1887 | 147 | #266 |
| 1886 | 142 | #270 |
| 1885 | 146 | #252 |
| 1884 | 150 | #244 |
| 1883 | 140 | #236 |
| 1882 | 131 | #251 |
| 1881 | 121 | #235 |
| 1880 | 118 | #248 |