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Leonhard

#13,131 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Leonard

Leonhard has been given to 69 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #13,131 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1932, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Leonhard, 2025

1 in 663,000

Leonhard over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Leonhard: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Leonard

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Leonhard means

Leonhard is a form of Leonard.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Leonhard is used in German.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈleː.ɔn.haʁt/ for Leonhard.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Leonhard → Leonard. The family’s meaning is “lion”, recorded in English with the source elements leo.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Leonard.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 69 boys were recorded with the name Leonhard between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1932; its best national rank was #2,991 in 1932.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Leonhard?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,131
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Leonhard sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Leonhard. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Leonhards were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Leonhard was born before 1925 — so the typical Leonhard is around 100 today.

Median birth year
1925
About 100 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
26.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
30.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
21
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1910s — 26.1% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Leonhard 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.

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Rank vs 5 years ago
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Rank vs 10 years ago
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Births vs 10 years ago
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Share of its own peak
62.5%
Peak was 1932 (8)
Years since peak
93
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
6.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,991
1932

Spellings of Leonhard

Leonhard is not the most common spelling — Leonard is, with 72.9% against Leonhard's 0.02%.

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.

Leonhard around the world

Where Leonhard 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
    2012–2012
    #4,805
    in 2012
  • France
    1909–2002
    #3,593
    in 2002
  • South Australia
    1959–1959
    #464
    in 1959

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

Leonhard by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,131
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,991
1932
Peak year
1932
8 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
69
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Leonhard

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

LeovonniLeovaniLeonitusShephardLeonellLeondroLeonzoLeocadioLeovanniLeonidusLeonidesLeonelloGaspardLeomarLeovardoRitchardLeontaeLeondraeLeoncioLeonteLeodanSherrardMilliardLeonidis

Sibling names for Leonhard

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

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