Leo

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Lรฉo is a proper noun in French, meaning "lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo.

From Wikipedia

Leo first appears in the data in 2008 and has been recorded in 18 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2019 with 1,476 babies (rank #5 that year). In 2025 it was given to 1,018 boys (rank #5). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Leo

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Leo yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

12,863
Total babies (all years)
18
Years in the data
1,476
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
200883#105
2009182#90
2010236#72
2011274#61
2012325#49
2013404#35
2014517#29
20151,056#46
2016876#58
2017885#11
2018980#8
20191,476#5
20201,128#5
2021796#6
2022887#3
2023780#5
2024960#6
20251,018#5