first name
LEONIDAS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,476 people named Leonidas, 47.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 38.6% as White and 6% as two or more races. 92.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leonidas peaked in 2022, when 760 babies got the name.
At least 10,281 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.
Leonidas by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #954. The largest share of babies named Leonidas, 74.5%, 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 Leonidas is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leonidas has been most common in Nevada (3.7×), Arizona (2.9×), and Hawaii (2.7×), and least common in Louisiana (0.21×).
8,221 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 Leonidas
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leonidas, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Leonidas ranks #71,696 of 156,621, with 293 people. See Leonidas as a last name
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