first name
LEONARDO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 82,530 people named Leonardo, 80.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% as White and 3.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leonardo peaked in 2019, when 4,433 babies got the name.
At least 96,207 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.
Leonardo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #141. The largest share of babies named Leonardo, 53.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Leonardo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leonardo has been most common in Nevada (4.2×), Arizona (2.7×), and Texas (2.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.08×).
93,052 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 Leonardo
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leonardo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Leonardo ranks #6,090 of 156,621, with 5,412 people. See Leonardo as a last name
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