Leonard

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Leonard is a common English surname and a masculine given name. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon from the Greek Λέων through the Latin Leo, and the suffix hardu.

From Wikipedia

Leonard first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 17 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 101 babies (rank #92 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Leonard

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

33Destiny numberThe master teacherSelfless guidance and uplift — a heightened 6.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

793

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

101

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	94	#73
1953	69	#90
1954	85	#73
1955	65	#92
1956	71	#84
1957	66	#99
1958	67	#89
1960	32	#110
1961	101	#92
1962	35	#108
1963	34	#110
1965	33	#109
1968	30	#110
2014	1	#1,706
2015	2	#660
2016	2	#681
2017	6	#271