first name
LEONA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,291 people named Leona, 72.7% reported their origin as White, 12.9% as Black and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leona peaked in 1918, when 3,346 babies got the name.
At least 113,624 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Leona by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #101. The largest share of babies named Leona, 48.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Leona is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leona has been most common in North Dakota (3.7×), South Dakota (3×), and Nebraska (2.5×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.15×).
91,841 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Leona
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leona, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Leona ranks #120,164 of 156,621, with 152 people. See Leona as a last name
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