Leona is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Leona is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #429 for girl births in the United States (and #882 across all names), given to 723 babies. Leona was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (3,335 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 723 | 723 | #429 | — |
| 2024 | 629 | 629 | #487 | — |
| 2023 | 586 | 586 | #521 | — |
| 2022 | 585 | 585 | #531 | — |
| 2021 | 600 | 600 | #515 | — |
| 2020 | 634 | 634 | #484 | — |
| 2019 | 616 | 616 | #510 | — |
| 2018 | 611 | 611 | #508 | — |
| 2017 | 565 | 565 | #547 | — |
| 2016 | 507 | 507 | #596 | — |
| 2015 | 419 | 419 | #682 | — |
| 2014 | 379 | 379 | #739 | — |
| 2013 | 374 | 374 | #731 | — |
| 2012 | 287 | 287 | #912 | — |
| 2011 | 283 | 283 | #920 | — |
| 2010 | 256 | 256 | #990 | — |
| 2009 | 274 | 274 | #971 | — |
| 2008 | 237 | 237 | #1,098 | — |
| 2007 | 152 | 152 | #1,522 | — |
| 2006 | 144 | 144 | #1,528 | — |
| 2005 | 139 | 139 | #1,503 | — |
| 2004 | 134 | 134 | #1,509 | — |
| 2003 | 104 | 104 | #1,810 | — |
| 2002 | 105 | 105 | #1,740 | — |
| 2001 | 90 | 90 | #1,932 | — |
| 2000 | 108 | 108 | #1,639 | — |
| 1999 | 90 | 90 | #1,778 | — |
| 1998 | 82 | 82 | #1,878 | — |
| 1997 | 101 | — | #1,591 | — |
| 1996 | 91 | — | #1,679 | — |
| 1995 | 90 | — | #1,645 | — |
| 1994 | 74 | — | #1,919 | — |
| 1993 | 89 | — | #1,686 | — |
| 1992 | 100 | — | #1,559 | — |
| 1991 | 114 | — | #1,415 | — |
| 1990 | 104 | — | #1,497 | — |
| 1989 | 142 | — | #1,158 | — |
| 1988 | 110 | — | #1,316 | — |
| 1987 | 125 | — | #1,176 | — |
| 1986 | 129 | — | #1,125 | — |
| 1985 | 135 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1984 | 123 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1983 | 128 | — | #1,083 | — |
| 1982 | 144 | — | #1,022 | — |
| 1981 | 152 | — | #966 | — |
| 1980 | 167 | — | #904 | — |
| 1979 | 182 | — | #854 | — |
| 1978 | 184 | — | #814 | — |
| 1977 | 170 | — | #864 | — |
| 1976 | 158 | — | #863 | — |
| 1975 | 191 | — | #751 | — |
| 1974 | 189 | — | #750 | — |
| 1973 | 220 | — | #679 | — |
| 1972 | 227 | — | #663 | — |
| 1971 | 218 | — | #702 | — |
| 1970 | 285 | — | #609 | — |
| 1969 | 277 | — | #597 | — |
| 1968 | 275 | — | #579 | — |
| 1967 | 303 | — | #540 | — |
| 1966 | 317 | — | #530 | — |
| 1965 | 348 | — | #508 | — |
| 1964 | 405 | — | #480 | — |
| 1963 | 462 | — | #449 | — |
| 1962 | 419 | — | #472 | — |
| 1961 | 428 | — | #471 | — |
| 1960 | 461 | — | #455 | — |
| 1959 | 482 | — | #439 | — |
| 1958 | 530 | — | #402 | — |
| 1957 | 497 | — | #418 | — |
| 1956 | 521 | — | #394 | — |
| 1955 | 508 | — | #389 | — |
| 1954 | 568 | — | #364 | — |
| 1953 | 583 | — | #344 | — |
| 1952 | 602 | — | #338 | — |
| 1951 | 669 | — | #302 | — |
| 1950 | 681 | — | #298 | — |
| 1949 | 738 | — | #283 | — |
| 1948 | 776 | — | #276 | — |
| 1947 | 814 | — | #268 | — |
| 1946 | 819 | — | #245 | — |
| 1945 | 843 | — | #227 | — |
| 1944 | 896 | — | #221 | — |
| 1943 | 1,061 | — | #199 | — |
| 1942 | 1,067 | — | #195 | #2,216 |
| 1941 | 998 | — | #189 | — |
| 1940 | 1,035 | — | #183 | #3,021 |
| 1939 | 1,075 | — | #177 | — |
| 1938 | 1,171 | — | #173 | #3,043 |
| 1937 | 1,182 | — | #173 | #2,597 |
| 1936 | 1,244 | — | #161 | #2,549 |
| 1935 | 1,316 | — | #155 | #2,841 |
| 1934 | 1,482 | — | #140 | #2,491 |
| 1933 | 1,461 | — | #139 | — |
| 1932 | 1,679 | — | #134 | #2,756 |
| 1931 | 1,753 | — | #133 | #2,573 |
| 1930 | 1,880 | — | #130 | #3,169 |
| 1929 | 2,029 | — | #122 | #2,869 |
| 1928 | 2,097 | — | #122 | #2,469 |
| 1927 | 2,256 | — | #121 | #2,360 |
| 1926 | 2,437 | — | #112 | #3,278 |
| 1925 | 2,526 | — | #108 | #2,681 |
| 1924 | 2,801 | — | #103 | #3,696 |
| 1923 | 2,752 | — | #100 | #3,333 |
| 1922 | 2,835 | — | #101 | #2,919 |
| 1921 | 3,218 | — | #92 | #3,377 |
| 1920 | 3,182 | — | #89 | #2,100 |
| 1919 | 3,040 | — | #90 | #3,596 |
| 1918 | 3,346 | — | #79 | #2,632 |
| 1917 | 3,121 | — | #80 | #3,791 |
| 1916 | 3,103 | — | #75 | #1,817 |
| 1915 | 2,972 | — | #74 | — |
| 1914 | 2,174 | — | #79 | — |
| 1913 | 1,921 | — | #74 | #1,886 |
| 1912 | 1,658 | — | #76 | #1,975 |
| 1911 | 1,329 | — | #76 | — |
| 1910 | 1,233 | — | #79 | #907 |
| 1909 | 1,167 | — | #72 | — |
| 1908 | 1,126 | — | #73 | #1,073 |
| 1907 | 1,106 | — | #72 | — |
| 1906 | 1,023 | — | #72 | #1,193 |
| 1905 | 1,082 | — | #69 | — |
| 1904 | 1,003 | — | #69 | #1,316 |
| 1903 | 886 | — | #76 | #1,224 |
| 1902 | 875 | — | #76 | — |
| 1901 | 786 | — | #78 | #904 |
| 1900 | 825 | — | #85 | — |
| 1899 | 665 | — | #84 | — |
| 1898 | 665 | — | #90 | — |
| 1897 | 619 | — | #89 | — |
| 1896 | 556 | — | #94 | — |
| 1895 | 520 | — | #102 | — |
| 1894 | 471 | — | #104 | — |
| 1893 | 463 | — | #102 | — |
| 1892 | 440 | — | #104 | — |
| 1891 | 352 | — | #113 | — |
| 1890 | 332 | — | #120 | — |
| 1889 | 348 | — | #109 | — |
| 1888 | 311 | — | #118 | — |
| 1887 | 208 | — | #130 | — |
| 1886 | 227 | — | #125 | — |
| 1885 | 231 | — | #115 | — |
| 1884 | 210 | — | #121 | — |
| 1883 | 178 | — | #119 | — |
| 1882 | 163 | — | #124 | — |
| 1881 | 138 | — | #121 | — |
| 1880 | 137 | — | #119 | — |