Leonides is a rare variant of Leonidas that peaked in 1981 and has grown less common since.
Leonides is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,471 for boy births in the United States (and #15,670 across all names), given to 11 babies. Leonides first appears in 1919 and peaked in 2015 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,471 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,567 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,683 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,711 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,399 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,304 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,287 |
| 2018 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,447 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,687 |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,216 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,428 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,350 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,867 |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,625 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,504 |
| 2010 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,923 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,557 |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,954 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,446 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,465 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,784 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,807 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,348 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,413 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,857 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,634 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,319 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,172 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | — | #8,820 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | — | #7,470 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | — | #7,441 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | — | #3,947 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | — | #4,478 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | — | #5,772 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | — | #4,873 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | — | #5,032 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | — | #4,632 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,442 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | — | #7,376 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | — | #4,546 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | — | #6,039 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | — | #4,439 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | #8,625 | #3,530 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | — | #5,282 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | — | #4,262 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | — | #4,039 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | — | #4,027 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | — | #3,626 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #4,996 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | — | #4,854 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | — | #2,756 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | #9,009 | #5,349 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,528 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | — | #3,473 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | — | #2,519 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | — | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | — | #2,895 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | — | #2,709 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | — | #2,762 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | — | #3,503 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | — | #2,815 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | — | #2,620 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | — | #3,102 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | — | #3,664 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #3,979 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,521 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | — | #3,254 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | — | #2,333 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | — | #2,760 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | — | #3,978 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,611 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | — | #4,601 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | — | #4,112 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | — | #3,375 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,550 | — |