How rare is the name Leonid?

6,374 people in the United States have the first name Leonid, about 1 in 47,385. It ranks #3,329 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LEONID

#3,329

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,374
About
1 in 47,385
This common or more
82.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,374 people named Leonid, 96.1% reported their origin as White and 2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leonid peaked in 2022, when 30 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19592025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
30
In 2025*
16 ▼47%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 494 babies have been given the name since 1959. 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.

Leonid by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #9,276. The largest share of babies named Leonid, 56.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#14,8235
1970s#22,3077
1980s#25,69910
1990s#22,59933
2000s#15,600107
2010s#10,969191
2020s#9,276141
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–964.3%
Generation Z 1997–1236.6%
2013 and later56.7%

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.

Either side of Leonid

#3,327 Rikki · 6,376#3,328 Paislee · 6,375#3,330 Margery · 6,373#3,331 Alesha · 6,367

Spelled almost the same

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

#9,436 Leonida · 1,471#51,981 Leonide · 110

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