How rare is the name Leopoldo?

10,189 people in the United States have the first name Leopoldo, about 1 in 29,643. It ranks #2,436 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LEOPOLDO

#2,436

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,189
About
1 in 29,643
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,189 people named Leopoldo, 90.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.5% as White. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leopoldo peaked in 1980, when 92 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18962025
Peak year
1980
Births that year
92
In 2025*
39 ▼58%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,975 babies have been given the name since 1896. 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.

Leopoldo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,018. The largest share of babies named Leopoldo, 20.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,05234
1910s#2,670198
1920s#2,018476
1930s#2,083392
1940s#2,250422
1950s#2,594434
1960s#2,695471
1970s#2,402694
1980s#2,606752
1990s#3,114797
2000s#4,359684
2010s#6,437414
2020s#7,327202
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–279.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4512.5%
Baby boom 1946–6414.1%
Generation X 1965–8017.3%
Millennials 1981–9620.8%
Generation Z 1997–1217.3%
2013 and later8.1%

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 Leopoldo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leopoldo has been most common in New Mexico (9.2×), Texas (6.4×), and California (3.9×), and least common in New York (0.21×).

4,361 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.

Exactly as common as Leopoldo

1 other first name also has 10,189 people.

#2,436 Eldon · 10,189

Either side of Leopoldo

#2,435 Macey · 10,192#2,436 Eldon · 10,189#2,438 Farrah · 10,175#2,439 Erlinda · 10,160

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,529 Leopold · 2,449#52,605 Leopolda · 106

Also a last name

As a last name, Leopoldo ranks #83,936 of 156,621, with 241 people. See Leopoldo as a last name

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