Leonel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #689 for boy births in the United States, given to 942 babies. Leonel first appears in the data in 1910 and reached its peak in 2024 (1,084 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 942 | #689 |
| 2024 | 1,084 | #624 |
| 2023 | 1,075 | #612 |
| 2022 | 1,032 | #647 |
| 2021 | 868 | #740 |
| 2020 | 929 | #686 |
| 2019 | 972 | #682 |
| 2018 | 923 | #707 |
| 2017 | 903 | #720 |
| 2016 | 891 | #744 |
| 2015 | 821 | #785 |
| 2014 | 709 | #885 |
| 2013 | 606 | #955 |
| 2012 | 618 | #944 |
| 2011 | 581 | #969 |
| 2010 | 594 | #948 |
| 2009 | 578 | #1,000 |
| 2008 | 572 | #1,018 |
| 2007 | 556 | #1,028 |
| 2006 | 578 | #983 |
| 2005 | 633 | #902 |
| 2004 | 535 | #994 |
| 2003 | 447 | #1,129 |
| 2002 | 407 | #1,167 |
| 2001 | 410 | #1,138 |
| 2000 | 423 | #1,117 |
| 1999 | 373 | #1,152 |
| 1998 | 351 | #1,209 |
| 1997 | 303 | #1,291 |
| 1996 | 325 | #1,229 |
| 1995 | 301 | #1,271 |
| 1994 | 320 | #1,234 |
| 1993 | 330 | #1,220 |
| 1992 | 320 | #1,243 |
| 1991 | 307 | #1,259 |
| 1990 | 266 | #1,365 |
| 1989 | 254 | #1,374 |
| 1988 | 221 | #1,429 |
| 1987 | 203 | #1,456 |
| 1986 | 206 | #1,402 |
| 1985 | 183 | #1,497 |
| 1984 | 168 | #1,514 |
| 1983 | 148 | #1,649 |
| 1982 | 177 | #1,487 |
| 1981 | 171 | #1,513 |
| 1980 | 155 | #1,613 |
| 1979 | 139 | #1,707 |
| 1978 | 129 | #1,755 |
| 1977 | 98 | #2,028 |
| 1976 | 117 | #1,778 |
| 1975 | 122 | #1,714 |
| 1974 | 102 | #1,872 |
| 1973 | 104 | #1,827 |
| 1972 | 87 | #2,021 |
| 1971 | 95 | #1,965 |
| 1970 | 90 | #2,026 |
| 1969 | 71 | #2,198 |
| 1968 | 65 | #2,217 |
| 1967 | 69 | #2,124 |
| 1966 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1965 | 70 | #2,111 |
| 1964 | 75 | #2,106 |
| 1963 | 58 | #2,372 |
| 1962 | 48 | #2,628 |
| 1961 | 50 | #2,594 |
| 1960 | 64 | #2,240 |
| 1959 | 50 | #2,537 |
| 1958 | 61 | #2,235 |
| 1957 | 54 | #2,380 |
| 1956 | 44 | #2,641 |
| 1955 | 51 | #2,376 |
| 1954 | 44 | #2,551 |
| 1953 | 39 | #2,660 |
| 1952 | 46 | #2,427 |
| 1951 | 37 | #2,657 |
| 1950 | 50 | #2,213 |
| 1949 | 59 | #2,015 |
| 1948 | 35 | #2,696 |
| 1947 | 55 | #2,110 |
| 1946 | 36 | #2,529 |
| 1945 | 34 | #2,408 |
| 1944 | 34 | #2,423 |
| 1943 | 32 | #2,580 |
| 1942 | 42 | #2,187 |
| 1941 | 36 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 27 | #2,646 |
| 1939 | 46 | #1,909 |
| 1938 | 26 | #2,671 |
| 1937 | 36 | #2,191 |
| 1936 | 31 | #2,375 |
| 1935 | 31 | #2,407 |
| 1934 | 37 | #2,162 |
| 1933 | 23 | #2,857 |
| 1932 | 25 | #2,797 |
| 1931 | 32 | #2,388 |
| 1930 | 37 | #2,286 |
| 1929 | 31 | #2,519 |
| 1928 | 20 | #3,440 |
| 1927 | 32 | #2,612 |
| 1926 | 26 | #2,929 |
| 1925 | 23 | #3,240 |
| 1924 | 31 | #2,742 |
| 1923 | 13 | #4,700 |
| 1922 | 36 | #2,449 |
| 1921 | 26 | #3,062 |
| 1920 | 28 | #2,839 |
| 1919 | 20 | #3,439 |
| 1918 | 21 | #3,379 |
| 1917 | 10 | #5,204 |
| 1916 | 19 | #3,366 |
| 1915 | 23 | #2,858 |
| 1914 | 16 | #3,155 |
| 1913 | 11 | #3,526 |
| 1911 | 6 | #3,755 |
| 1910 | 5 | #4,156 |