How rare is the name Leonel?

28,890 people in the United States have the first name Leonel, about 1 in 10,455. It ranks #1,281 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEONEL

#1,281

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
28,890
About
1 in 10,455
This common or more
73.3%
Who bears it

Of the 28,890 people named Leonel, 95% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% as White and 1.2% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leonel peaked in 2024, when 1,084 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
1,084
In 2025*
942 ▼13%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 27,072 babies have been given the name since 1910. 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.

Leonel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #670. The largest share of babies named Leonel, 43.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#3,491131
1920s#2,890266
1930s#2,347324
1940s#2,355390
1950s#2,461476
1960s#2,274633
1970s#1,8651,083
1980s#1,4891,886
1990s#1,2653,196
2000s#1,0655,139
2010s#8067,618
2020s#6705,930
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–643.5%
Generation X 1965–805.8%
Millennials 1981–9614.4%
Generation Z 1997–1229.4%
2013 and later43.4%

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 Leonel is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leonel has been most common in Texas (4×), Nevada (3.6×), and Arizona (3.5×), and least common in Missouri (0.06×).

24,654 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 Leonel

#1,279 Charity · 28,979#1,280 Lucinda · 28,940#1,282 Justice · 28,889#1,283 Lina · 28,814

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leonel, most common first.

#9,657 Leonela · 1,426#36,405 Leonell · 218#50,139 Lenel · 121

Also a last name

As a last name, Leonel ranks #81,311 of 156,621, with 251 people. See Leonel as a last name

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