Leonard

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 5,650 babies (rank #39 that year). In 2024 it was given to 404 boys (rank #673). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

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.

295,296
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
5,650
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
1880200#78
1881206#72
1882231#77
1883200#79
1884206#83
1885204#80
1886236#74
1887207#79
1888225#83
1889229#77
1890275#67
1891235#72
1892294#71
1893275#69
1894343#60
1895342#61
1896350#60
1897310#61
1898421#53
1899321#60
1900465#54
1901362#54
1902426#52
1903448#49
1904508#46
1905495#47
1906492#50
1907547#51
1908614#48
1909665#46
1910793#46
1911953#46
19121,928#45
19132,276#46
19142,923#45
19153,993#44
19164,328#42
19174,694#41
19184,980#41
19195,010#39
19205,511#38
19215,650#39
19225,407#38
19235,486#37
19245,601#38
19255,465#38
19265,402#38
19275,312#40
19285,130#42
19294,829#42
19304,662#45
19314,279#48
19324,101#48
19333,955#47
19343,836#53
19353,804#54
19363,716#54
19373,480#58
19383,670#57
19393,711#54
19403,817#54
19413,985#54
19424,369#57
19434,617#55
19444,183#56
19454,125#57
19464,702#67
19475,157#71
19484,780#71
19494,551#74
19504,581#77
19514,738#80
19524,619#83
19534,412#85
19544,482#85
19554,260#88
19564,371#89
19574,341#94
19584,021#102
19593,728#109
19603,637#113
19613,429#114
19623,155#117
19633,045#118
19643,070#115
19652,712#121
19662,456#125
19672,415#125
19682,257#128
19692,263#133
19702,297#144
19712,036#146
19721,717#151
19731,665#150
19741,468#164
19751,431#166
19761,311#177
19771,301#178
19781,313#178
19791,264#190
19801,277#193
19811,191#208
19821,199#205
19831,100#211
19841,054#217
1985955#243
1986901#249
1987968#242
1988908#258
1989914#270
1990863#292
1991833#311
1992775#327
1993672#350
1994645#369
1995528#433
1996547#415
1997455#474
1998471#471
1999479#474
2000451#508
2001436#517
2002396#563
2003402#559
2004385#579
2005385#588
2006384#619
2007356#672
2008400#620
2009323#727
2010388#626
2011326#704
2012338#703
2013349#686
2014385#666
2015400#651
2016450#599
2017437#605
2018417#636
2019443#615
2020420#637
2021421#650
2022371#711
2023384#692
2024404#673