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Leone

#14,185 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Leone has been given to 6,637 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #14,185 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1916, with 253 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Leone, 2025

1 in 553,000

Leone over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Leone over time

In 2025, Leone went to 19% girls and 81% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Leone: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Leone means

Leone has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Leone

A separate documented entry treats Leone as a form of Leo. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Leone as a variant of Leona. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,182 girls were recorded with the name Leone between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 253 in 1916; its best national rank was #335 in 1904.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,764 in 2020 to #14,185 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #12,483 in 2015 to #14,185 in 2025.

In the United States, 455 boys were recorded with the name Leone between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,763 in 1928.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,370 in 2020 to #4,203 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,242 in 2015 to #4,203 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Leone?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#14,185
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Leone sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Leone. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Leones were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Leone was born before 1919 — so the typical Leone is around 106 today.

Median birth year
1919
About 106 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
29.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
1.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
450
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1910s — 29.7% of all recorded uses (1,837).

Is Leone rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,465
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,421
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,702
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
2.4%
Peak was 1916 (253)
Years since peak
109
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#335
1904

Spellings of Leone

Leone is not the most common spelling — Lena is, with 20.2% against Leone's 0.85%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Leone is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Leone was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 4,348 girls, against 1 in 38,681 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

023 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Dakota1 in 4,348
  2. 2South Dakota1 in 5,000
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 5,556
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 5,556
  5. 5Iowa1 in 7,692
  6. 6Nebraska1 in 12,500
  7. 7Utah1 in 12,500
  8. 8Michigan1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Leone has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Leone is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Leone was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 690,868 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Leone has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Leone around the world

Where Leone ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2011
    #5,785
    in 2011
  • Scotland
    2004–2004
    #663
    in 2004
  • Ireland
    1966–1995
    #516
    in 1995
  • France
    1900–2025
    #980
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1944–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Notable people named Leone

People whose public names include Leone, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Leone in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Leone. Linked forms have their own page here.

LeoLevLeonLeonidLeonidasLeóLeónLleóLéon

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Leone by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,185
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,421
Best rank ever
#335
1904
Peak year
1916
253 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,182
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,203
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,167
Best rank ever
#2,763
1928
Peak year
2023
25 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
455
Count in 2025
25

Names similar to Leone

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LeoraLeonorLeolaLeonoraLeonieLeotaLeonnaSymoneIoneLeonoreLeoLeomaLeonaSamoneLeoniLeonelaLeoniaDioneLeonSimoneLeodaEboneLeonardHermione

Names with a curve like Leone

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Leone, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

HortenseMaybelleEstellErnaAlbinaFloyOcieEraAlphaVestaOrphaBlanch

Sibling names for Leone

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Leone

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