Leonard remains a common boys' name (#637 in 2025), down from a peak of #37 in 1923.
Leonard is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #637 for boy births in the United States (and #1,289 across all names), given to 438 babies. Leonard first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (5,650 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 438 | 438 | — | #637 |
| 2024 | 409 | 409 | — | #671 |
| 2023 | 384 | 384 | — | #693 |
| 2022 | 373 | 373 | — | #707 |
| 2021 | 421 | 421 | — | #650 |
| 2020 | 421 | 421 | — | #635 |
| 2019 | 443 | 443 | — | #616 |
| 2018 | 417 | 417 | — | #636 |
| 2017 | 437 | 437 | — | #605 |
| 2016 | 450 | 450 | — | #599 |
| 2015 | 400 | 400 | — | #651 |
| 2014 | 385 | 385 | — | #666 |
| 2013 | 349 | 349 | — | #686 |
| 2012 | 338 | 338 | — | #703 |
| 2011 | 326 | 326 | — | #704 |
| 2010 | 388 | 388 | — | #626 |
| 2009 | 323 | 329 | — | #727 |
| 2008 | 400 | 400 | — | #620 |
| 2007 | 356 | 356 | — | #672 |
| 2006 | 384 | 384 | — | #619 |
| 2005 | 385 | 385 | — | #588 |
| 2004 | 385 | 385 | — | #579 |
| 2003 | 402 | 402 | — | #559 |
| 2002 | 396 | 396 | — | #563 |
| 2001 | 436 | 436 | — | #517 |
| 2000 | 451 | 451 | — | #508 |
| 1999 | 479 | 484 | — | #474 |
| 1998 | 471 | 476 | — | #471 |
| 1997 | 455 | — | — | #474 |
| 1996 | 547 | — | — | #415 |
| 1995 | 528 | — | — | #433 |
| 1994 | 644 | — | — | #369 |
| 1993 | 672 | — | — | #350 |
| 1992 | 775 | — | — | #327 |
| 1991 | 833 | — | — | #311 |
| 1990 | 863 | — | — | #293 |
| 1989 | 921 | — | #10,348 | #270 |
| 1988 | 908 | — | — | #258 |
| 1987 | 977 | — | #7,732 | #242 |
| 1986 | 912 | — | #6,402 | #249 |
| 1985 | 967 | — | #5,874 | #243 |
| 1984 | 1,062 | — | #7,816 | #217 |
| 1983 | 1,113 | — | #5,314 | #211 |
| 1982 | 1,210 | — | #6,169 | #205 |
| 1981 | 1,198 | — | #8,624 | #208 |
| 1980 | 1,290 | — | #5,410 | #193 |
| 1979 | 1,275 | — | #5,967 | #190 |
| 1978 | 1,322 | — | #6,683 | #178 |
| 1977 | 1,313 | — | #5,382 | #178 |
| 1976 | 1,329 | — | #3,752 | #177 |
| 1975 | 1,454 | — | #3,110 | #166 |
| 1974 | 1,478 | — | #5,580 | #164 |
| 1973 | 1,676 | — | #5,387 | #150 |
| 1972 | 1,727 | — | #5,720 | #151 |
| 1971 | 2,054 | — | #3,440 | #146 |
| 1970 | 2,305 | — | #6,725 | #144 |
| 1969 | 2,278 | — | #3,706 | #133 |
| 1968 | 2,276 | — | #3,016 | #128 |
| 1967 | 2,435 | — | #2,741 | #125 |
| 1966 | 2,469 | — | #3,848 | #125 |
| 1965 | 2,722 | — | #4,362 | #121 |
| 1964 | 3,081 | — | #3,995 | #115 |
| 1963 | 3,064 | — | #3,024 | #118 |
| 1962 | 3,174 | — | #2,874 | #117 |
| 1961 | 3,449 | — | #2,797 | #114 |
| 1960 | 3,658 | — | #2,868 | #113 |
| 1959 | 3,753 | — | #2,266 | #109 |
| 1958 | 4,036 | — | #3,170 | #102 |
| 1957 | 4,356 | — | #2,989 | #94 |
| 1956 | 4,391 | — | #2,579 | #89 |
| 1955 | 4,273 | — | #3,307 | #88 |
| 1954 | 4,497 | — | #2,960 | #85 |
| 1953 | 4,439 | — | #1,990 | #85 |
| 1952 | 4,634 | — | #2,869 | #83 |
| 1951 | 4,751 | — | #3,027 | #80 |
| 1950 | 4,600 | — | #2,302 | #77 |
| 1949 | 4,563 | — | #3,092 | #74 |
| 1948 | 4,800 | — | #2,292 | #71 |
| 1947 | 5,170 | — | #2,700 | #71 |
| 1946 | 4,720 | — | #2,438 | #67 |
| 1945 | 4,131 | — | #4,305 | #57 |
| 1944 | 4,202 | — | #2,000 | #56 |
| 1943 | 4,631 | — | #2,503 | #55 |
| 1942 | 4,381 | — | #2,915 | #57 |
| 1941 | 3,998 | — | #2,602 | #54 |
| 1940 | 3,845 | — | #1,454 | #54 |
| 1939 | 3,725 | — | #2,261 | #54 |
| 1938 | 3,694 | — | #1,580 | #57 |
| 1937 | 3,500 | — | #1,757 | #58 |
| 1936 | 3,729 | — | #2,337 | #54 |
| 1935 | 3,826 | — | #1,632 | #54 |
| 1934 | 3,850 | — | #2,241 | #53 |
| 1933 | 3,977 | — | #1,637 | #47 |
| 1932 | 4,119 | — | #1,919 | #48 |
| 1931 | 4,308 | — | #1,386 | #48 |
| 1930 | 4,693 | — | #1,390 | #45 |
| 1929 | 4,869 | — | #1,184 | #42 |
| 1928 | 5,173 | — | #1,184 | #42 |
| 1927 | 5,340 | — | #1,540 | #40 |
| 1926 | 5,443 | — | #1,208 | #38 |
| 1925 | 5,500 | — | #1,359 | #38 |
| 1924 | 5,628 | — | #1,661 | #38 |
| 1923 | 5,507 | — | #1,920 | #37 |
| 1922 | 5,433 | — | #1,663 | #38 |
| 1921 | 5,675 | — | #1,746 | #39 |
| 1920 | 5,543 | — | #1,424 | #38 |
| 1919 | 5,036 | — | #1,586 | #39 |
| 1918 | 5,010 | — | #1,432 | #41 |
| 1917 | 4,710 | — | #2,149 | #41 |
| 1916 | 4,347 | — | #1,839 | #42 |
| 1915 | 4,004 | — | #2,622 | #44 |
| 1914 | 2,932 | — | #2,539 | #45 |
| 1913 | 2,287 | — | #1,967 | #46 |
| 1912 | 1,938 | — | #1,917 | #45 |
| 1911 | 958 | — | #2,681 | #46 |
| 1910 | 803 | — | #1,577 | #46 |
| 1909 | 665 | — | — | #46 |
| 1908 | 614 | — | — | #48 |
| 1907 | 552 | — | #2,232 | #51 |
| 1906 | 498 | — | #1,846 | #50 |
| 1905 | 495 | — | — | #47 |
| 1904 | 508 | — | — | #46 |
| 1903 | 448 | — | — | #49 |
| 1902 | 433 | — | #1,525 | #52 |
| 1901 | 362 | — | — | #54 |
| 1900 | 465 | — | — | #54 |
| 1899 | 321 | — | — | #60 |
| 1898 | 421 | — | — | #53 |
| 1897 | 310 | — | — | #61 |
| 1896 | 350 | — | — | #60 |
| 1895 | 342 | — | — | #61 |
| 1894 | 343 | — | — | #60 |
| 1893 | 275 | — | — | #69 |
| 1892 | 301 | — | #1,226 | #71 |
| 1891 | 235 | — | — | #72 |
| 1890 | 275 | — | — | #67 |
| 1889 | 229 | — | — | #77 |
| 1888 | 225 | — | — | #83 |
| 1887 | 207 | — | — | #79 |
| 1886 | 236 | — | — | #74 |
| 1885 | 204 | — | — | #80 |
| 1884 | 206 | — | — | #83 |
| 1883 | 200 | — | — | #79 |
| 1882 | 231 | — | — | #77 |
| 1881 | 206 | — | — | #72 |
| 1880 | 200 | — | — | #78 |