Leto

#6,310 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly wife

Leto has been given to 143 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #6,310 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Leto, 2025

1 in 237,000

Leto over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Leto: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly wife

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Leto means

Leto may mean “wife”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 143 boys were recorded with the name Leto between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2022; its best national rank was #5,772 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,428 in 2020 to #6,310 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,545 in 2015 to #6,310 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Leto?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 237,000; 14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 122,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,310; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 164,137 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Leto 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Leto. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Letos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Leto was born before 2021 — so the typical Leto is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 143; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (78).

Is Leto 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: −510; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +5,118; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +5,235; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.33×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 87.5%; Peak was 2022 (16)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,772; 2022

Spellings of Leto

Leto is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 17.5% against Leto's <0.01%.

Leo17.5%259,988
Lee15.7%233,627
Levi14.5%215,013
Leroy13.5%200,981
Leon12.3%182,638
Seth11.1%165,793
Pete2.9%43,530
Otto2.7%39,915

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.

Leto around the world

Where Leto 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
2012–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
2008–2025
#4,732
in 2025
South Australia
2008–2011
#784
in 2011

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.

Leto by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,310
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 5,118
Best rank ever: #5,772; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 16 that year
First recorded: 2006
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 143
Count in 2025: 14

Names similar to Leto

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

Beto Veto Letroy Cleto Letha Letrell Leticia Letcher Aniceto Loreto Kaeto Shigeto Anacleto Lether Lethel Letwan Lethaniel Aniseto Robeto Lethell

Sibling names for Leto

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

For a sister

Annabell Karleigh Adelle Keren Kendyl Rhianna Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Hamilton Kale Aaden Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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